[pianotech] 8th grade education

[Susan Kline]

Hi, Marshall

For the high treble of a grand, once the tuning hammer starts getting 
too close
to the rim, I stand up, and walk around the corner of the piano so I'm 
facing toward
the bass end. That way the tuning hammer can be parallel to the straight 
side of the
piano (it would be at "12 o'clock" if you were still sitting on the 
bench), and
your arm can miss the lid prop. You can also see the strings better, 
looking
straight down at them. (Well, I can ... sorry about that.)

Unisons in the tenor bichords -- sometimes the wire is just annoying, 
and the unisons
won't come clean. The best you can do is try to make enough peace 
between them that
they are no more obnoxious than they absolutely have to be.

Choosing a tuning tip and head, I prefer to have a short head at a steep 
angle.

Schaff carries a 7/8" head at a 15 degree angle:
https://istore.schaffpiano.com/istore/product/13F

I believe the head on mine is at 20 degrees. I bought it at a convention.

Most of the time this will clear the struts, but if it won't, use
a tuning tip extender, also from Schaff. You can put it onto
the tuning pin, and just put your tuning lever onto the top of it.

https://istore.schaffpiano.com/istore/product/3129

Hope this is of help.

Susan Kline




Marshall Gisondi wrote:
> I'm curious,
> Since education was so thorough back then, then whyy on earth did the 
> guys who built the duplex my wife and I are renting in  1915 fail to 
> use insulation? I mean really didn' tthey have anything back then?  I 
> would like to get a larger place to live so we can have a piano. I 
> know sounds odd for a piano tech to be missing a piano lol  
>  
> Speaking of pianos now, have any of you ever found the last two or 
> three bichord strings in the tennor problematic when striving for a 
> clean crisp unison?  I know much is said about hammer control, but is 
> there ever a possibility that some tuning levers are inferior to 
> others or does tuning strictly have to do with hammer control period 
> no matter how expensive or inexpensive of a hammer one uses?  Is all 
> of this talk about different levers a matter of preference?  I have 
> the schaff 21c lever and I bought the universal head and tip that are 
> one unit because I needed a better head for clearing plate struts in 
> grands when tuning, but for whatever reason the new head doesn't screw 
> on tight.  It tightens so much loosens and then gets too tight again. 
> I'm hoping I can get this off again.  Also what have you found that 
> works when tuning grands in the treble section where the rim and often 
> the lid support get in the way and you have to get in a twisted 
> position in order to tune up there.  What are your thoughts on all of 
> this? 
> Marshall
> 215-510-9400
> http://www.phillytuner.com
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