<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>I have recently gone to getting a very short tuning = lever that can be used at that end of the piano with the lid up or down.  = There are times when the lid cannot conveniently be raised or, as you describe, = access is limited.  This allows you to tune that area more easily.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=HazenBannister@cs.com href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</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> March 30, 2002 7:11 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Piano tuner haters = 2</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi list, = <BR> I wonder if most of the piano makers put the lid prop,on a grand, where = they did on purpose,to make it impossible to get a good hammer angle while = tuning.It's easy going till the last octave,trying to tune around the lid = prop.(especially in a church where the piano is boxed in,and the treble end is against = a wall). <BR>Good tuning, <BR>Hazen Bannister</FONT> = </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>