Piano tuner haters

[Don]

Hi Tom,

The situation you describe is why I still carry a strip mute. Simply put it
in place, lift the damphers and slide the strip mute down out of the way of
the hammers.

At 05:56 PM 3/29/02 EST, you wrote:
>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
>
>

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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