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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT=
: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">My tuning profile: Wim Bl=
ees, tuning with the right hand. </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BA=
CKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG=
="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B>GRANDS:</FONT><FONT COLO=
R="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSER=
IF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></B><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">1. <U>SITTING:</FONT><FONT =
COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SAN=
SSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></U><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">I sit at the piano sligh=
tly to the right of square, with my right knee under the keybed, and my righ=
t side up against the front of the keybed.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" st=
yle="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Aria=
l" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">2. <U>ARM:</FONT><FONT COLO=
R="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSER=
IF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></U><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">My arm is raised almost =
perpendicular to the floor, depending on the height of the piano. </FONT><FO=
NT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY=
="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">3. <U>GRIP:</FONT><FONT COL=
OR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSE=
RIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></U><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">I hold the hammer almost=
at the end. </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff=
fff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">4. <U>HANDLE POSITION:</FONT=
><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMIL=
Y="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></U><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">The hammer is between 1 =
and 3 o'clock. </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f=
fffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">5. <U>WHACKIN' HAND:</=
FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 F=
AMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></U><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">forearm parallel with th=
e keys, using my hand, bending at the wrist, pounding with my 3rd finger.</F=
ONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FA=
MILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">6. <U>HIGH TREBLE:</FO=
NT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAM=
ILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></U><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">If the lid is up and I c=
an get around, I will stand to the side of the piano, and put the hammer at =
12 o'clock. If the lid is down, or there is no room on the right side, I wil=
l turn the hammer around so that the handle is at 9 o'clock. </FONT><FONT C=
OLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANS=
SERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B>UPRIGHTS:</FONT><FONT CO=
LOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSS=
ERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></B><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">1. <U>SITTING:</FONT><FONT =
COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SAN=
SSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></U><BR>
(</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">same as grand)</FONT><FO=
NT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY=
="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">. </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" s=
tyle="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Ari=
al" LANG="0">I sit at the piano slightly to the right of square, with my r=
ight knee under the keybed, and my right side up against the front of the ke=
ybed.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZ=
E=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">2. <U>ARM:</FONT><FONT=
COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="S=
ANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></U><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Elbow high at about 3 o'=
clock</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZ=
E=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">3. <U>GRIP:</FONT><FON=
T COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="=
SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></U><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">About a half inch of the=
handle extending past my hand but sometimes completely over the end of the =
handle.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" S=
IZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">4. <U>HANDLE POSITION:=
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></U><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Between 12:00 and 2:00.<=
/FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 =
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">5. <U>WHACKIN' HAND:</=
FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 F=
AMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></U><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Elbow mostly level and b=
ack, 3rd finger</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">6. <U>HIGH TREBLE:</FO=
NT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAM=
ILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></U><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Same as above but with e=
lbow raised</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff=
f" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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