Moving from Uprights to Grands

[Robin Stevens]

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 I always use a 'T' hammer for grands and a lever for uprights.... Michae=
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the only way you could move a pin with a T hammers on some grands is to..=
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actually...."bend the pin" with the T hammer...Unless you are superman in
disguise ??=0D
Robin Stevens ARPT=0D
South Australia=0D
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From: Pianotech=0D
Date: 07/21/05 03:20:59=0D
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Subject: Re: Moving from Uprights to Grands=0D
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I always use a 'T' hammer for grands and a lever for uprights.... :-)=0D
Michael G.(UK)=0D
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From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com>=0D
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>=0D
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:02 PM=0D
Subject: Re: Moving from Uprights to Grands=0D
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> Find a piano? <g>.=0D
> Tune with the lever as close to pointing away from you as comfortable.=0D
> If right handed that will be on the right of the string you are tuning =
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> If a lefty I presume on the left side of center.=0D
> If a rightie Sit facing the bass strings.=0D
> With my stiff hammer and a 20% head I usually can get away with tuning =
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> a=0D
> 90% to the string.=0D
> But when the feel of the pin is not there. moving the hammer  parallel =
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> the string really helps=0D
> Joe Goss RPT=0D
> Mother Goose Tools=0D
> imatunr@srvinet.com=0D
> www.mothergoosetools.com=0D
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> From: <mps@usol.com>=0D
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 10:21 AM=0D
> Subject: Moving from Uprights to Grands=0D
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>> When someone feels he/she may be ready to begin trying their hand=0D
>> at tuning Grand pianos, (when all they have had experience tuning is=0D
>> Uprights), what should they do first?=0D
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>> Thank you very much=0D
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>> Mark=0D
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