Hi Wim, I carry a folding stool from Walmart. It's just fine with upgrights. Especially the big ones. I sometimes use it on little pianos for holding my laptop computer. At 10:30 PM 2/1/2003 EST, you wrote: >In a message dated 2/2/03 2:31:11 AM !!!First Boot!!!, sckline@attbi.com >writes: > > I'm not tall (5'8") and not a guy, but I wonder if you sat on a bar stool > just to the right of the piano for the high treble if that would help your > back. > > Susan > > > > > You can't use a bar stool on uprights because your knees hit the keybed, >and then you can't reach the tuning pins, without over stretching your back. > > As far as grands are concerned, Alan, I agree with Avery. You shouldn't be >standing tuning grands, unless you're doing the very last octave and you're >right handed. And even then, it might be easier if you either turned the >hammer around, or tuned left handed. > > Wim Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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