..and for those who feel these comments regarding Squares are either not enjoyable or somehow off-topic, or *who cares*, let me be the first to offer my apologies..just engage the delete function on your PC.. ..i finally got to the dealership to put the final tuning on this Square Piano..it was the last stop of my already busy(!) day..it had fallen 12 cents from where I tuned it yesterday..not bad, considering where it was when I started it, somewhere off the chart..i didn't bother taking an initial measurement on it because I knew it was a whole step flat.. ..so i took fresh FAC's..MUCH better this time around..and away I go..and while I'm tuning this, I keep thinking that there's got to be a way to tune this piano without taking the damper assembly off and plucking, as suggested by members of this list..well, I think I found an answer that worked for me..take 1 rubber mute, mute one string, tune, then tune the unison right after..and..do it on 1 knee!...that's right..this piano brought me to my knees!!!...I wasn't stooped over..the angle of my already fragile back was much better on one knee..and the only time I had a problem with eyesight to the pins and the *reach factor*( I tuned it from the front, not the back) was at the 6-7th octaves..here I needed to get up and re-set the mute and double check on which tuning pin needed to be moved next..it worked for me.. ..all I could think about while I was doing this was that the veterans on this list are going to think I've gone completely mad..well, I'm already 3/4 there!.. ..like I said, it worked for me and I would do it again for a customer..at double my normal rate without the a pitch raise... ..and yes, it sounded good(?) when it was done..at least it was in tune..I don't know about *sounding good*, but the tuning was sound.
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