Steinway upright tuning

Larry J. Messerly prescottpiano@juno.com
Fri, 5 Feb 1999 11:54:47 -0700


As a natural lefty I was taught to tune grands right handed.  You
righties should practice tuning verticals left-handed.  Start out doing
it on all pitch raises until you get some practice in, then keep working
at it.  It does make tuning easier, helps in wall situations where there
is not enough room for your elbow, and if you have a sprain or injured
hand/wrist as I did a few years ago you may be able to keep tuning.  (I
could move my wrist okay but couldn't span an octave!)

Larry Messerly RPT
Phoenix/Prescott
A Real "Bald-one"

On Fri, 05 Feb 1999 09:36:45 -0500 Clyde Hollinger <cedel@redrose.net>
writes:
>Friends:  
>
>For once it's nice to find lefthandedness a plus!  :-)
>
>Clyde Hollinger
>Lititz, PA
>
>Newton Hunt wrote:
 2.    Keep the tuning hammer in the 10:00 o'clock position so that 
the stress is more horizontal than vertical.  It would be better at 
9:00 o'clock but most of us are right handed tuners so this is not a
 comfortable option.





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