Steinway console tuning

[Newton Hunt]

Hateful things!

Also take a back brace, lots of aspirin, take frequent breaks, find
a stress reliever and pound on it and keep you hammer a little
lower, 10:00 to 11:00.  This helps reduce pin flag poling.

		Newton

bases-loaded@juno.com wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 08 May 2000 08:03:59 PDT "Jay Mercier" <jaymercier@hotmail.com>
> writes:
> > Last week I tuned a 45" Steinway console dated from the early '60s.
> > It was  the most stressful tuning I've ever encountered in years.
> >
> > There were many high treble pins that wouldn't stay put - they would
> > bounce  around like nothing I've encountered before.  I lowered the pitch
> > just  slightly, no matter how much I'd overshoot the pitch flat, many pins
> > would  just bounce right back up!
> >
> > Have any of you tuned similar Steinway consoles with similar
> > circumstances?
> >
> > Jay Mercier
> 
> Hi Jay -
> 
> Yes, I have one Steinway studio in my database that tunes as you
> describe.  I have three suggestions:
> 1.  Don't call her, let her call you. (less frequency that way)
> 2.  Take Newton's suggestion of keeping your lever between 10 and 12.
> 3.  Eat a good breakfast before arriving!
> 
> Mark Potter
> bases-loaded@juno.com