Moving from Uprights to Grands

[Susan Kline]

At 09:39 AM 7/21/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Thank you group for all of the great tips and suggestions.
>I don't have any Grands lined up at this moment, but I just want to
>be "prepared" when that time eventually/hopefully rolls around.
>
>Thanks again!
>
>Mark Montbriand

Hi, Mark

Good luck, and if at all possible, I think you'll be happier later if
you find a good tuner and have him or her show you some of these things.
For instance, where you should and shouldn't put your hands (and other
parts of your anatomy <grin>) while removing a grand action. How to get
the thing sliding in and out straight, how to deal with the return spring
when you put the action back in, how to get the action the right place front
to back, so the keyblocks fit without forcing, how to get the fallboard
back on when it also has a stiff spring, etc. Much easier to show
than to tell.

Susan Kline




> > I thought of two other things Mark. If the fallboard simply lifts out
> > (most do), I always remove the fallboard - it allows easy access to
>the
> > action for debris removal and it prevents you from slamming the
> > fallboard shut accidentally with your tuning arm (repeatedly!). And I
> > always move the bench around to the treble side of the piano (I
>straddle
> > the front treble piano leg) to tune the high treble section.
> >
> > Terry Farrell
> >   &gt; When someone feels he/she may be ready to begin trying
>their hand
> >   &gt; at tuning Grand pianos, (when all they have had experience
>tuning is
> >
> >   &gt; Uprights), what should they do first?
> >   &gt;
> >   &gt;
> >   &gt; Thank you very much
> >   &gt;
> >   &gt; Mark
> >   &gt; Montbriand
>   > Montbriand
>
>
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