<!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> <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:015501c58d8b$ceb1b350$0201a8c0@youro0kwkw9jwc" = 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></BODY></HTML>