Moving from Uprights to Grands

[Michael Gamble]

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Oddly enough, Terry, I have never even tried using either a felt mute or =
a strip mute. The strip mute is so cumbersome to insert for it means =
distorting the strings sideways to do so - particularly at the top end. =
Someone on the List even suggested that to use a rubber wedge they first =
warmed it up before insertion (where did I hear that before?) otherwise =
the temperature of the rubber upset the tuning!!! I do use just one =
wedge throughout my tuning sessions. In the grand it is the narrow =
rubber wedge with the metal handle and in the uprights it is a Papps =
wedge which I sometimes change for the narrow rubber wedge in the bass =
end. I'm an "aural" tuner - and a "lefty" at that.
>From the land of Sunshine and Fun (at least, it is today!) :-)
Michael G.(UK)
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  From: Farrell=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 1:33 AM
  Subject: Re: Moving from Uprights to Grands


  I know its been said before, but I have the urge to reinforce it: =
celebrate with a bottle of champagne, sit down and tune - oh no! - sit =
down, tune that grand, and then open up the bottle of champagne!

  The only thing I can add directly related to tuning is that if you =
tune unisons as you go (don't strip mute), you might want to consider =
getting some felt mutes - they really work great on grands. Below are =
the tools I use for tuning grands (except my tuning lever).

  Good luck and enjoy! (Gosh, I sure prefer tuning grands rather than =
verticals!!!)

  Terry Farrell



  > When someone feels he/she may be ready to begin trying their hand=20
  > at tuning Grand pianos, (when all they have had experience tuning is =

  > Uprights), what should they do first?
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  > Thank you very much
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  > Mark
  > Montbriand 
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