[pianotech] butterfuly grand

[Terry Farrell]

Sounds reasonable. May just have to try it sometime when opening the  
lid is not easy, or when I can't sit on the side. I've been developing  
my left hand tuning technique where the swinging end of the tuning  
lever is pointed toward the bass for times when I can't lift the lid  
or sit on the side. I'm not as fast with my left hand, but I've gotten  
to the point where I have pretty good control. I also have a nice long  
extension - maybe I'll have to give it a try sometime for those  
situations.

Thanks.

Terry Farrell

On Jun 2, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Porritt, David wrote:

> Terry:
>
> I have a tuning lever head with a 5-inch extension.  When I get up  
> to where the hammer handle would hit the side, I switch heads and  
> just keep going.  It took a little getting used to at first, but is  
> now second nature.  If you stand while tuning that area the feel of  
> the lever is just like the feel with the shorter head when seated.
>
> At the university, all grand pianos in studios are covered with  
> music 6 – 8 inches high (and sometimes higher).  It would take a lot  
> of time to unload them and it’s not worth it.  The only time I  
> raised the top was if I had to replace a string lower in the scale  
> than the highest capo section.
>
> dave
>
>
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> dporritt at smu.edu
>
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]  
> On Behalf Of Terry Farrell
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 1:22 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] butterfuly grand
>
> 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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