<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; FONT: 8pt MS Sans Serif; MARGIN-LEFT: = 2px" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Mark, et al; Your = suggestion works great. What I did was to go to Radio Shack and buy 1/4" heat = shrink tubing, cut a small piece off and heat it to the shank. That way, you = don't have to clamp down! A really cheap fix too. Nobody needs to feel a tuning = fork vibrating on their teeth!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=MWisner@yamaha.com href="mailto:MWisner@yamaha.com">Mark = Wisner</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 24, 2002 = 10:26 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: not enough hands = -- setting A49 to fork</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1>I clamp down on the end of the fork stem with = my teeth, freeing up both hands.  My wife, who is a dentist, doesn't = approve but you can REALLY hear the fork.  Of course you have to be = careful where you put the fork when you're not using it..... </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1>Mark Wisner<BR>Yamaha Corporation<BR><A = href="mailto:mwisner@yamaha.com">mwisner@yamaha.com</A></FONT><BR><BR>&= gt;>> <A href="mailto:piano@charlesneuman.net">piano@charlesneuman.net</A> = 05/24/02 09:43AM >>><BR>When setting A49 to the fork, I like to = compare F21-fork with F21-A49. It<BR>seems that I need three hands to do this: = One to play F21, one to hold the<BR>fork or play A49, and one to move the lever.<BR><BR>Since I only have 2 hands, I keep F21 held down by = putting a mute sort of<BR>sideways and resting on the backchecks of the = neighboring notes (on a<BR>vertical piano) so that it blocks F21 in the depressed position. Or I can<BR>jam a mute along the top of the key to keep it = down, but that seems like<BR>it would mess up the felt right above the keytop. = Once it's held down,<BR>then I can compare F21-fork and then tune F21-A49 to = that same beat rate.<BR><BR>Are there any other techniques I should consider?<BR><BR>Charles Neuman<BR>PTG Associate, Long Island-Nassau<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>