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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Interesting subject this one. Some of you may have
heard of the Beale piano manufactured here in Australia some 1900 to 1975. These
instruments had a patented tuning system which comprised a tuning pin which went
through the steel frame, and was locked in tight by a lock screw, which was
threaded into the plate. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The factory was in Sydney, and they employed mostly
blind tuners. All of these blokes were taught to tune left handed, as there was
less propensity to break the pins. The weak part of this system was hole in the
pin to hold the string. They seemed to think that tuning left handed was a safer
method, and helped set the pin without bending it. These pianos are still
about, and we have to tune them from time to time. Their main problem now is
that due to atmospheric conditions, the pins and the locking screw corrode and
break off. However this was a very good system in its time and the pianos stayed
in tune much longer than the wood wrest plank pianos of today.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Lawson Wangaratta Australia</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net">Leslie Bartlett</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 30, 2007 1:25
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Left Handed tuning/pitch
raises</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=858062502-30112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The person who taught me that "let hand tuning for
everything was the right way" was right handed. I now tune uprights left
handed and right hand on grands.........</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=858062502-30112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>les bartlett</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Shawn
Brock<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:20 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Left Handed tuning/pitch
raises<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michelle:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>while learning to tune I had a desire to be able
to tune left handed as well as right. I am right handed but thought that
using both hands could help save my shoulder in the future. My mentor
was against my thoughts of tuning left handed. His explanation was that
just like you stated "its easier to pull up than to push up". I have
found this to be vary true. I have no control or less control any how if
I try to push the hammer up rather than pull. Oh, and by the way the
person who talked me in to tuning only with the right hand is a lefty.
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=michelle@smithpianoservice.com
href="mailto:michelle@smithpianoservice.com">Michelle Smith</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 29, 2007 4:37
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Left Handed tuning/pitch
raises</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I tune uprights left
handed. A while back, I had some nerve damage to my hand doing an
especially tough pitch raise and started doing pitch raises right handed and
fine tunings with my left. I discovered that pitch raises are easier
to do right-handed (for me). It’s easier to pull than to push and it
seems that I land closer to the pitch. It always seemed like I had to
go too far sharp to land the pitch correctly when I was doing pitch raises
left handed. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Just wondering if any other
lefties have had similar experiences. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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Smith<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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