---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Tom, I've tuned one, and only one, and my experience was similar to yours. It had a really sweet sound, especially when tuned to 438(prescribed on the plate in factory letters) to a Broadwood's best temperament. My back didn't hurt either. While the action wasn't up to modern standards(no abs-graphite in there...:-), it worked okay for simple stuff. All in all, a rewarding experience. Glad to hear you enoyed it, Dave Stahl In a message dated 12/21/04 8:50:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, Tvak@aol.com writes: > 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 > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6a/c4/cc/2b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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