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<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 19, 2007 8:46 PM, Ted Sambell <<a href="mailto:edward.sambell@sympatico.ca">edward.sambell@sympatico.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">In China and Taiwan, every tuner tunes left handed. This was also true in<br>Scoland, and may or not be so still. I feel it is irrelevant. What matters
<br>is whay one does with the tuning pin and string, and however one gets there<br>is correct if it works.If I go up to a piano and it is beautifully tuned,<br>how can I tell? It may have been done by someone standing on their head for
<br>all I know. This sort of theorizing is nonsense. We should concentrate on<br>what really matters.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Ted Sambell<br></font>
<div class="Ih2E3d">----- Original Message -----<br>From: "TJGRAVES" <<a href="mailto:tjgraves@bsu.edu">tjgraves@bsu.edu</a>><br>To: "College and University Technicians" <<a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">
caut@ptg.org</a>><br>Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:05 PM<br>Subject: [CAUT] Tuning with right hand vs. Left<br><br><br></div>
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<div class="Wj3C7c">> I'm a young tech. compared to many of you. I turn 31 tomorrow and have<br>> been<br>> a tech. for 10 years now. I'm a right handed person but when I tune<br>> Grands<br>> I've always used my left hand all the way through the treble and switch to
<br>> my right in the bass. I've always have had good solid tunings doing it<br>> that<br>> way. For uprights I always use my left.<br>> I've always wondered since it works for me is there is a reason on why I
<br>> should use my right hand for grands.<br>> --<br>> Tony Graves RPT<br>> Piano Technician<br>> School of Music<br>> Ball State University<br>> Muncie, IN 47306<br>> (765) 285-0053<br></div></div>
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<div><br>If you were a true newbie, a rank beginner, I would probably suggest sticking with one hand/arm, it wouldn't matter which, until you developed a touch/feel for the tuning pin/tuning hammer relationship, learned to set a pin, developed hammer technique, in other words knew HOW to tune. Only then would I suggest branching out to the other hand/arm which I would then strongly encourage. I believe in learning to do the basics well before trying variations. Just a personal belief.
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<div>Since you are already an accomplished RPT and how you tune works for you, I see no reason to change it to fit someone else's mold. Read the posts on the shoulder problems some of us have and have had and you'll be very glad you are doing what you're doing!
<br clear="all">Mike<br>-- <br>People who say it can't be done, should not interrupt those of us who are doing it.<br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com
</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>