Hedges and Pianos (OT)

[Alan R. Barnard]

I've only tuned one Betsy Ross spinet. That was enough.

I think you have the right technique but the wrong tool.

I'm thinking 'chain saw'

Alan Barnard

P.S. Same tool recommended for Stark spinets.

----- Original Message -----
From: <Tvak@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 7:51 AM
Subject: Hedges and Pianos (OT)


> I was cutting the hedge yesterday and I noticed that as I moved the hedge
> trimmer across the top of the hedge it left some stragglers and I had to
do a
> second pass.  (Much like a piano that needed a pitch raise!)  Then I
noticed
> that the second pass was much more efficient if I did it in the opposite
> direction, which would eliminate almost all the stragglers.
>
> Then the light bulb went off over my head...if it works on the hedge,
maybe
> it would work on a piano, too!
>
> Maybe I should go in one direction for the first pass (from A0 to C8) and
> then go the opposite direction on the second pass!
>
> So I think I'll try it.  Next time I come across a Betsy Ross spinet
that's
> 150 cents flat, I'll take the hedge trimmer and move from left to right,
and
> then go in the opposite direction for my second pass.
>
> I'll bet when I'm done, that piano would never have sounded better.
>
> Tom Sivak
>
> P.S.
>
> This is my first OT post.  Forgive me.  I don't know what got into me.