<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oddly enough, Terry, I have never even <EM>tried</EM> using either a felt mute or a strip mute. The strip mute = is so cumbersome to insert for it means distorting the strings sideways to do = so - particularly at the top end. Someone on the List even suggested that to = use a rubber wedge they first warmed it up before insertion (where did I hear <EM>that</EM> before?) otherwise the temperature of the rubber upset the = tuning!!! I do use just one wedge throughout my tuning sessions. In the = grand it is the narrow rubber wedge with the metal handle and in the uprights it = is a Papps wedge which I sometimes change for the narrow rubber wedge in the = bass end. I'm an "aural" tuner - and a "lefty" at that.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From the land of Sunshine and Fun (at = least, it is today!) :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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> Thursday, July 21, 2005 = 1:33 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Moving from = Uprights to Grands</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know its been said before, but I = have the urge to reinforce it: celebrate with a bottle of champagne, sit down and = tune - oh no! - sit down, tune that grand, and then open up the bottle of champagne!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The only thing I can add directly = related to tuning is that if you tune unisons as you go (don't strip mute), = you might want to consider getting some felt mutes - they really work = great on grands. Below are the tools I use for tuning grands (except my tuning lever).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good luck and enjoy! (Gosh, I sure = prefer tuning grands rather than verticals!!!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:005a01c58dbc$f6b98a90$dd604454@MICHAEL" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>> When someone feels he/she may be ready to begin trying their hand = <BR>> at tuning Grand pianos, (when all they have had experience tuning is = <BR>> Uprights), what should they do first?<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Thank = you very much<BR>> <BR>> Mark<BR>> Montbriand</FONT> = </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>