DAVID!!! Please be careful what you say! You stated that: > ...there is one particular model > of Steinway I've heard technicians curse, but I never run into > them. If you have not run into them, then how can you conclude?: > ...it's just another piano, and no more daunting than any > other. My experience is that just about any S&S vertical - console, studio upright, upright made since 1950 or so can pose a good bit of a challenge to the average tech. If the pins are fairly tight or tighter in the block, with no tuning bushings, I certainly find these things to be a bit of a bear to tune and be confident they will hold their tune. If yours is an old upright, it probably won't be much different than any other old upright. I have about a dozen S&S verticals in my regular service - a few old ones, but most since 1950. But don't fear the piano. If you do find setting the pins to be troublesome, just realize it will take a bit more time. Try different motions with your tuning lever and see if you don't find one that works better for you than others. There is a book that I bought maybe ten years ago that addressed nothing but tuning lever technique - what was the name of it? - maybe someone will chime in with the name - it might be good to read that before tuning this piano as it might give you some lever methods you hadn't thought to try. Terry Farrell > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf > Of David Nereson > > Nah, it's just another piano, and no more daunting than any > other. Go for it. Each one has its own feel in the pinblock, > and each one has strings that render slightly differently, > regardless of make. It may have pins that are "waving around in > the breeze," as Newton Hunt used to put it, because of the lack > of tuning pin bushings, but there are other pianos one can say > the same thing about; you just have to find out by feel as to > how to set the strings/pins. Now, there is one particular model > of Steinway I've heard technicians curse, but I never run into > them. Are you tuning an old old upright with double flanges or > what? > --David Nereson, RPT
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