Tuning Steinway Verticals

[David Love]

I find that the key to these is to keep the tuning lever on plane.  The
rotation needs to kept perpendicular to the pin.   This seems to help with
stable rendering.  Impact might just be the way to go, though I don't use
that method.  But generally, I agree that these can be miserable pianos to 
tune.  I rarely turn things down, but if in my interview I find that it's a
once every 5 - 10 years customer, I refer them to someone I don't like :-)

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org>
> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
> Date: 9/16/2003 3:11:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Tuning Steinway Verticals
>
> At 01:43 PM 9/16/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >Don't ask me... my tunings still sound worse than what was on the piano 
> >beforehand- and I'm not ashamed to say so.
>
> I've struggled with ONE 1098 for 3+ hours (sweating profusely all the 
> while) to try to avoid having this happen -- and it was a close thing.
>
> I can't imagine dealing with a whole covey, herd, flock, whatever of
them, 
> day after day. I suppose in the end one learns what they will and won't
do.
>
> I find an impact hammer makes tuning them less agonizing -- still 
> agonizing, mind, but less so than trying to use my standard technique on
them.
>
> Susan
>
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