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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan, basically the piano needs to be =
stabilized no
matter what tuning is presently on the piano. First you need to =
straighten the
strings from the hitch pin to the bridge. Hope they did that at the =
factory but
don't count on it. Space the strings. Pull a note up to pitch + 10 and =
with your
brass rod put the kink in the string on both sides of the bridge and at =
the capo
bar. Then straighten the coil. Measure the pitch of the note and tell =
the owner
that has to be done to every string. Probably the note dropped 25 cents =
and
you're lucky. If it didn't drop (pick a likely looking string) the owner =
is
lucky and tell her she just needs one of your tunings and the thing will =
be
fine. Of course if it drops 50 cents it is going to take an extra hour. =
I figure
two hours minimum just to get to a two pass tuning. Pull the piano sharp =
based
on how much the strings dropped when settling. Pull the action and do =
the
settling. Make a pass and play the thing hard for a few minutes. Be sure =
you
tightened any bass strings that might need it. Tune it. Schedule the =
next tuning
in 3 months. Add some voicing. If she thinks she can get the other =
guy to
do all that, get out of there quick.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith R</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tune4u@earthlink.net
href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">tune4u@earthlink.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 09, 2003 =
7:30
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Rosler ... Store =
Prep</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>We are confusing each other</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=1>ha ha ha ha. I'm not confused. =
Baffled
maybe but never confused.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>