Jim, Get a hold of Don MacKechnie at Ithaca College. He teaches a piano technology course there. His email address is dmckech@ithaca.edu Regards, Paul Kupelian, RPT kupelian@oswego.edu On Thu, 27 Jun 1996, James Shanahan wrote: > First of all, thanks to all the nice people who gave advice about the > Steinway 1098. It was very helpful. Everyone agreed that it's hard to tune. > Beyond that, opinions vary. > > Now a simple question for you. I've enjoyed lurking on this list and > learning stuff about the mechanics of the piano. If I'm interested in > learning some of the rudiments of tuning pianos, what are the good > resources for doing that? I do not intend to become a tech or any such > thing, but would simply be interested in learning the > acoustics/physics/whatever of tuning, hoping it will improve my > musicianship a little. Any advice you can give is appreciated. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Jim Shanahan * jes30@cornell.edu * 607-255-8058 (voice) * 607-255-7905 (fax) > Dept. of Comm., 314 Kennedy Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > >
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