<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> Antares, I have an upright piano and I just can't picture standing behind it to tune it. How can you do that and press down the keys ? Thanks, Duaine Hechler, antares wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="midB9461A65.B4B8%25antares@euronet.nl"> <pre wrap=""> In Japan many tuners stand behind their instrument. I have learned to do the same thing as it much better for your back when tuning uprights and with tuning grands it gives you an easier position because we need to tune a grand with the tuning hammer in the direction of the tail. friendly greetings from Antares, Amsterdam, Holland "where music is, no harm can be" visit my website at : <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.concertpianoservice.nl/">http://www.concertpianoservice.nl/</a> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">From: "Farrell" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com"><mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com></a> Reply-To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 07:37:27 -0400 To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><pianotech@ptg.org></a> Subject: Re: Chickoring Square Grand tuning On your knee???? And other people stand????? Yikes! No wonder folks hurt their backs when tuning a square. I sit! I site for every D@mn piano I tune - including squares. Standing over a square? Oh, my gosh, I can feel my back hurting just thinking about tuning the very first note! Why on earth do folks stand? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Bondi" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tito@philbondi.com"><tito@philbondi.com></a> To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mail to:pianotech@ptg.org"><pianotech@ptg.org></a> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 7:41 AM Subject: Re: Chickoring Square Grand tuning </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Am I the only person who tunes Squares on one knee? I prefer the angle of going straight across the cabinet that this position gives me, rather than standing, and the position that it puts my body in. How weird is that? - it's ok..If I tune 3 squares a year, that's alot for me. -Phil Bondi (Fl.) <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tito@philbondi.com">tito@philbondi.com</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> . </pre> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="$mailwrapcol"> </pre> </body> </html>