Hi Avery, Next time use a mirror. It makes it much easier. At 10:53 AM 07/12/2004 -0600, you wrote: >I can't really remember the wire direction, etc. I just did it so I could >see where >to put the tuning hammer without have to stand and bend over to see them. > >Avery > >At 09:49 AM 12/7/2004, you wrote: >>I don't quite understand sitting at the back to tune... As I remember, >>your hammer did fit on the pins on the back but they turned normally to >>someone tuning from the front...? They had the wire coming around the >>opposite side of the tuning pin so the pin was turned counter-clockwise to >>bring up the tension....? Or was that all a weird dream? >> >>David I. >> >> >> >>----- Original message ----------------------------------------> >>From: Avery Todd <atodd@uh.edu> >>To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> >>Received: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 09:19:29 -0600 >>Subject: Electropiano (was Re: [CAUT] Yamaha CP-80..yup!) >> >> >Jeff, >> >> >>On a similar note, I recently got the opportunity to tune my first Baldwin >> >>Electropiano. >> >>Now, that was fun with the tuning pins on the back side of the cabinet. >> >> >Yeah! Now try a whole keyboard lab at a university that's full of >> >them!!!!!!! :-( >> >I once had to do that (15-20 yrs. ago). I borrowed an electronic tuner (I >> >was strictly >> >aural then), sat on the back side to manipulate the pins, and reached over >> >to play the >> >keys. It worked. Anyway, they were better than they were. :-) Hope I never >> >have to do >> >that again! >> >> >Avery >> >> >>Jeff >> >> >> >>Jeff Tanner, RPT >> >>School Of Music >> >>University of South Carolina >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >> >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >>_______________________________________________ >>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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