This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment And it really helps your hammer technique...;-] David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Isaac Sadigursky <irs.pianos@earthlink.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 21:27:16 -0800 Subject: RE: square grand tuning: fun Hi,Tom! To make the task of tuning square grands easier,there is= a special tuning hammer with extra long handle deigned for that= task.I had one and it made this job a lot easier.But,a few years= ago I gave it to Joe Garrett and ,maybe,he can describe it= better to other square piano enthusiasts..He told me that it= makes tuning square grands a lot easier. Great Holidays to= everyone! Isaac ----- Original Message ----- From: To: pianotech@ptg.org Sent: 12/21/04 8:50:02 PM Subject: square grand tuning: fun List Everything I know about tuning square grands I learned from what= I've read here on the list. Never having done it, and having a= fondness for things ancient, I read most of the posts about= square grands. And from what I've read, it's something you= would do only when faced with a firing squad. Why? Because= your back will be sore for days afterwards from bending over the= thing trying to reach the tuning pins and hit the key at the= same time. Still...I was willing to have a sore back just to have the= experience of working on one. Well, for those of you who haven't had the joy yet, let me say= that it ain't necessarily so. I tuned my first square grand= this week and it was fun. Yeah, I had to stretch a bit to reach= the tuning pins but I used my Schaff extension hammer and I= really had to stand (! or stoop over) the piano only to reach= the top octave. The other pins I could reach while sitting at= the bench. (Stool, actually...) Maybe this was a small square, and thus was easier to reach the= tuning pins. Then again, maybe some people are just whiners. Maybe both! This square, a Hallet and Davis, was a charming piano with a= quaint sound. There were no trichords, even the steel treble= strings were all bichords, so the tuning went fast. There were= a few bass wound bichords that were difficult (impossible) to= tune a true unison on, but hey, I had the exact same experience= with a Steinway 45" vertical today. Just thought I'd present a different viewpoint on the= experience. Tom Sivak Chicago PTG Associate P.S. For the record, I'm 5'11", and am not built like an orangutan: my= arm length is proportional to my height! (Just thought I'd cut= a couple of jokes in the bud.) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a5/0b/ec/72/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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