Piano tuner haters

[Tvak@AOL.COM]

I had the misfortune to tune a Bush & Lane upright piano yesterday.  Never 
have I have such a difficult time tuning a piano, but not for the usual 
reasons.  The plate construction of this piano was such that it was next to 
impossible to mute the strings in the top 3 octaves: there was about 1/2" 
clearance between the top of the hammers and a big old plate strut.  Two 
mutes were impossible; I was lucky to get one stuck in there. So I had to 
tune one string with a second string ringing, hoping to get close, then tune 
the second string and see where I was.   The people who made that piano must 
hate piano tuners.

Tom Sivak