[CAUT] Steinway Verticals

[Bill Maxim]

At the Recent North Carolina Conference, Kent Webb (Steinway service) in his
"When bad things happen to good pianos" session covered the difficulty of
tuning the treble of the 45" vertical by advising that one apply Protek CLP
to the understring felt.  My last bout with a 45 was earlier this week.  I
used the CLP and got through it as acceptably well as I expected (which is
not that well!).  That particular piano has never given me great trouble
anyway.  I was more bothered by the sticky floor I was standing on--from
teenage piano players who spill their drinks in the choir loft piano pit.

Bill Maxim
Maxim Piano Service
(803) 732-9225 - Cell (803) 609-4761
wmaxim@sc.rr.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Boaz Kirschenbaum" <artisanpiano@gmail.com>
To: <ed440@mindspring.com>; <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 1:31 PM
Subject: [CAUT] Steinway Verticals


> Ed,
>
> I would agree 100% with Dale's assertion regarding tuning. I used to
> try the traditional tuning route with the Steinway verts, until Eric
> Schandall showed me a much easier and much more stable way to tune.
>
> 1. Pull the string from flat of pure up to pure, and set the pin to
> where you want it. In other words don't go sharp and then back down to
> pure.
>
> 2. Don't stretch any of the octaves, keep them all pure.
>
> 3. Don't hit the key too hard to set your pin, due to the longer pins,
> the pins will almost always flagpole more.
>
> It still takes 1.5 to 2 hours to get a pretty good tuning. I only
> tuned one NY vert that I thought was better than average as far as
> tuning quality is concerned (how the tuning sounded, not how hard/easy
> it was to tune).
>
> The German verticals area different stor (much easier to tune and voice).
>
> Not sure if that helps much since I'm basically re-stating what Dale
> put in the post a couple of days ago.
>
> I'm on the road right now working on a Bosendorfer 225 in L.A. so I'm
> away from the post for a little while. FYI, I dealt with Pacific Piano
> the other day by phone and they are very competent, helpful, and offer
> a good variety.
>
> -Boaz
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