[pianotech] butterfuly grand

[Terry Farrell]

I lift the lid on grand pianos to tune them because I sit on the  
treble side of the piano to tune the treble-most string section. When  
I sit there, my tuning lever is roughly parallel to the strings and  
the lid would be in the way if it were down. Where do you sit to tune  
the high treble?

Terry Farrell

On Jun 2, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Porritt, David wrote:

> Les:
>
> I have done one butterfly several times in the past.  The lid is  
> always up.  I don’t remove tops to tune, I don’t even raise the lid  
> on pianos unless I have to get to a broken string.  Pianos are loud  
> enough that I always wear hearing protectors.  Why would I want to  
> raise the lid to tune it?
>
> dp
>
>
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> dporritt at smu.edu
>
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]  
> On Behalf Of Leslie Bartlett
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 11:12 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: [pianotech] butterfuly grand
>
> To those who’ve tuned a M&H Butterfly grand, did  you completely  
> remove the lid to do it?  I’m going back for a second tuning of this  
> beautifully redone little piano, and am a bit reticent to remove the  
> whole lid because of possible accidental scratching, but afraid not  
> to because of difficulty of tuning. Advice, please…….  Thanks
> Les bartlett

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