I have two overdamper pianos on my client list. A 1908 Bluthner and a 1889 Ibach. I just tilt the action back, put in a strip mute and leave a tail that I can reach at the break. I then tilt the action back in place. I tune up the centers in one section, and then back down tuning the right string to the center as I pull the mute strip out one note at a time. Then on the way back up again, I tune the left string to the center and right (which hopefully are spot on) :-) Any notes that give me any difficulty I use the Papps treble mute, which seems to have been designed with the overdamper piano in mind. :-) With this method I found it doesn't take much longer than a regular upright. Maybe an extra 15 minutes is all... Hope that helps! Regards, Rob McCall McCall Piano Service, LLC www.mccallpiano.com Murrieta, CA 951-698-1875 On Jan 06, 2012, at 23:20 , tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > Duaine > > Why did you take out the dampers? I is difficult, but the easiest way, using a SAT and without a strip mute, is to put a rubber mute through the action to dampen one of the strings for each note. > > Wim > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net> > To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Fri, Jan 6, 2012 8:22 pm > Subject: [pianotech] Tuned my first "bird-cage" piano > > Tuned my first "bird-cage" piano - a Chappell & Co. > > At first, I thought I would try it without taking out the dampers. Quickly found > that the dampers had to go. THAT was > quite a challenge tuning with the whole piano zinging. Quickly figured out that > the quieter I played each note the less > zing you would get. Dang I wish I had a strip mute. > > > -- > Duaine Hechler > Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ > Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding > Reed Organ Society Member > Florissant, MO 63034 > (314) 838-5587 > dahechler at att.net > www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com > -- > Home& Business user of Linux - 11 years > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120106/50e592d4/attachment-0001.htm>
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