I probably tune more birdcage uprights than anything else! There are a lot of them around here! Just to second everyone's comments about the Papps wedge. In my opinion, much better not to bother trying to strip mute; just do the unisons as you go. Much quicker and easier. You mention also the difficulty of getting the tuning lever on to some tuning pins (I presume that's what you mean by "getting hammers onto pins"). This can be a most annoying faeture of some birdcage actions - the overdamper rail gets in the way of some of the bottom row of pins. Or sometimes its just the centre raised wooden 'flange' where the securing nut goes (if the rail is made like that). This is infuriatingly bad design (surprising on an Ibach, perhaps). I still carry my old tuning lever, and sometimes it can get access where my Fujan can't. Also if it's just the centre wooden flange that's in the way, you can generally unscrew it and remove it, then replace it. Best regards, David Boyce. > It's an Ibach upright with the damper bar and wires in front of the hammers....making tuning somewhat of a nightmare....trying to get mutes in between strings. And forget about a temperament strip. Also getting hammers onto pins is not such an easy task either. Has anyone worked on pianos like this. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101210/9291ecb8/attachment.htm>
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