Hello, my name is Ed Guerra. While I was working at UT at Austin, I had to tune several 1098s and i found that at first it was very hard to keep these pianos from going sharp. But as the years past I found that they started to respond better. I also found that if I placed my tuning hammer at 11 or 12 that I could controll the tuning pen and turn it much easier. This was due to several tunings. I also found that if tuned these pianos using my left hand I had better controll. This of course comes with a lot of practice. I know that I would not have been able to do this if I had not worked at UT for 15 years. Of course it did not take me 15 years to learn this, but having to tune these pianos so often. I hope that this will be of some help to some of you. At 09:59 PM 4/14/98 EDT, you wrote: >Hi list, > >Speaking of special techniques for special occasions, I seek the collected >wisdom of the list. How in the heck does one rassle a 1098 into submission? >What are your favorite tricks for taming this beast? My Army unit, >The United States Army Field Band, located at Fort Meade, Maryland, is about >to acquire two of these puppys, along with a D and a B, plus a model K. > >Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. > >Ray Irving >Baltimore Chapter, PTG > Ed Guerra edguerra@mail.utexas.edu Austin, TX
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