..this list would have loved it..

[Phil Bondi]

..and for those who feel these comments regarding Squares are either not
enjoyable or somehow off-topic, or *who cares*, let me be the first to offer
my apologies..just engage the delete function on your PC..

..i finally got to the dealership to put the final tuning on this Square
Piano..it was the last stop of my already busy(!) day..it had fallen 12
cents from where I tuned it yesterday..not bad, considering where it was
when I started it, somewhere off the chart..i didn't bother taking an
initial measurement on it because I knew it was a whole step flat..

..so i took fresh FAC's..MUCH better this time around..and away I go..and
while I'm tuning this, I keep thinking that there's got to be a way to tune
this piano without taking the damper assembly off and plucking, as suggested
by members of this list..well, I think I found an answer that worked for
me..take 1 rubber mute, mute one string, tune, then tune the unison right
after..and..do it on 1 knee!...that's right..this piano brought me to my
knees!!!...I wasn't stooped over..the angle of my already fragile back was
much better on one knee..and the only time I had a problem with eyesight to
the pins and the *reach factor*( I tuned it from the front, not the back)
was at the 6-7th octaves..here I needed to get up and re-set the mute and
double check on which tuning pin needed to be moved next..it worked for me..

..all I could think about while I was doing this was that the veterans on
this list are going to think I've gone completely mad..well, I'm already 3/4
there!..

..like I said, it worked for me and I would do it again for a customer..at
double my normal rate without the a pitch raise...

..and yes, it sounded good(?) when it was done..at least it was in tune..I
don't know about *sounding good*, but the tuning was sound.