[musictlk] tuning a piano

[Annabelle Susan Morison]

Are you thinking of a tuning hammer and a mute?

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From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Ignasi Cambra
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 2:41 PM
To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [musictlk] tuning a piano

Just ask your tuner to show you how to do it the next time he comes to your
house. If you only need to adjust a few notes and you have a decent ear, you
should be just fine. You will probably need a tuning key and something to
stop certain strings from vibrating while you tune the one you're interested
in. I don't know the name for that thing in English but you probably know
what I mean.
I am of course not a tuner but I can fix things for myself if I need to.
Strings are arranged slightly differently depending on the brand of your
piano. An other important skill to have is to be able to change a broken
string. I personally break them relatively often, and I have some wire at
home to change them if I need to. Calling the tuner just for a broken string
is a waste of money and time.
On May 25, 2011, at 3:55 PM, Jorge Paez wrote:

> Hi all:
> Like I've  said previously,
> I am a classical pianist by training,
> and despite the fact that I'm exploring midi and digital music I still use
my piano for my main compositions and practice.
> My question is this:
> I tend to tune my piano every once in a while,
> but I notice there's always a handful of keys that get out of tune before
the others
> and I wish to be able to fix these problems myself,
> leaving the option to hire a tuner when I really need it.
> So,
> how can I go about fixing minor untuning?
>
> My piano is a babygrand.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jorge
>
>
>
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