Tuning Steinway Verticals

[Mary Smith]

List,

My two cents worth...I have always found that pulling the string up 
from the flat side and then pounding the crud out of it helps (it 
seems to settle "up"). Settling down from the sharp side is less 
effective. Also, if you push the tuning lever away from the plate 
going flat, and toward the plate going sharp, that seems to work. 
This is the reverse of what I intuitively do on most pianos. I agree 
with what Susan says in the snip below, and also that, once I get the 
sucker in tune, it really stays there. Glad that S&S has made 
improvements, though.

Mary Smith
UT-Austin

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>I must say, though, that once I get one really in tune, it has an
>interesting sound and is fun to play. That is, if I have the strength of
>mind to forget how it was to tune, so I feel like playing it.
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