> A perfect position for striking keys, but unless your arms are > semi-infinitely extensible (have you seen Miyazaki's > "Spirited Away"?) you won't be able to reach the tuning pins once you've > finished the bass section. > > Susan That would be especially true on the 88 key Haines Bros. I took care of for the college. It was 3.5' (~42") deep - my sleeve length is only 32". The cure was to finally have a machinist match the threads on an el cheapo tuning hammer shaft to the double oval head tip I pictured in an earlier post. Haven't tuned a square since! Of course, now that I've said this... Conrad Hoffsommer > Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:53:07 -0800 > From: skline at peak.org > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tuning a Square > > On 1/5/2011 4:15 PM, Terry Farrell wrote: > > No need to schedule chiropractor visit, wear a kidney belt, nor bend > > over the piano. Just sit in front of the piano like you would a modern > > grand - much easier and more comfortable that way, and it is also a > > better position for striking keys. > > > > Terry Farrell > Hi, Terry > > > > On Jan 4, 2011, at 11:09 PM, Susan Kline wrote: > > > >> SNIP > > > >> If you use the extension lever pulled all the way out, you won't have > >> to bend over quite so far, except for the short time it takes to move > >> the oblong tip/extender from tuning pin to tuning pin. It feels a > >> little precarious, with the long tuning hammer wobbling around that > >> far above the pins, but I don't remember it falling off. > >> > >> Susan Kline > >> > >> > >> On 1/4/2011 5:17 PM, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: > >>> > >>> Two things - get one of these and wear a kidney belt (or preschedule > >>> a chiropractor visit.). > >>> > >>> Conrad Hoffsommer > >>> > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110106/933952c2/attachment.htm>
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