[musictlk] tuning a piano

Ignasi Cambra ignasicambra at gmail.com
Thu May 26 05:54:26 UTC 2011


Yeah...a tuning hammer and the wedges :). Those are the words that I was looking for!!
On May 25, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Annabelle Susan Morison wrote:

> Are you thinking of a tuning hammer and a mute?
> 
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> 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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