Steinway upright tuning

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Wim, Send em my way! A stiffer hammer might do ye good too.
Titianium now available!
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Musselwhite" <john@musselwhite.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: Steinway upright tuning


> At 08:20 AM 11/28/01 -0500, Wim wrote:
>
> >
> > As far I'm concerned, you can take all Steinway Studios and drop them in
the
> > river. For
>
>
> Drop them off at my house instead! I love them! Especially the little
> "continental" F-40 (or whatever it was called).
>
> >
> > the money, they're not that great.
>
>
> I would disagree. I look after one 1098 that fell into an orchestra pit
and was
> later dropped flat on its back and it's still in use. They're tough
pianos!
>
> >
> > And as a technician they are impossible to tune.
>
>
> Try Protek on the upper bearing points. They'll go from a nightmare to
just a
> mild bad dream.
>
> >
> > Yes, they stay where you put them. But by that time you're arm has
fallen
> > off, and you've spent all of you free times doing it.
>
>
> They take me an extra 15 minutes or so and my arm's fine afterwards,
though my
> brain might be a little fuzzy.
>
> >
> > Ask me what I think of Steinway uprights.
>
>
> I think we know... <g>  Ask me what *I* think of them!
>
>                 John
>
> John Musselwhite, RPT    -     Calgary, Alberta Canada
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