Oh man, have you ever stuck your foot in it. There are those who just LOVE those old pianos. You need a stick mute or a Papps mute to tune up there. Get your flame suit out, NOW! Newton :) Tvak@AOL.COM wrote: > > I had the misfortune to tune a Bush & Lane upright piano yesterday. Never > have I have such a difficult time tuning a piano, but not for the usual > reasons. The plate construction of this piano was such that it was next to > impossible to mute the strings in the top 3 octaves: there was about 1/2" > clearance between the top of the hammers and a big old plate strut. Two > mutes were impossible; I was lucky to get one stuck in there. So I had to > tune one string with a second string ringing, hoping to get close, then tune > the second string and see where I was. The people who made that piano must > hate piano tuners. > > Tom Sivak
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