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PRACTICAL PIANO TUNING
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By ALEXANDER HART
Formerly with Steinway & Sons Tuning Department, Instructor
Piano Tuning, Teachers College, Columbia University, N. Y.
Registered Member of the
National Association of Piano Tuners
CHAPTER 24 - Piano Tuning in Review
No. 38
HERE to look, what to do, how
to correct minor problems in an
emergency, such as troublesome
keys, is one of the chief faults, where
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actions, and the tuner, we will proceed
with a few more actual everyday hap-
penings either in the piano wareroom,
or outside of it. Troublesome keys are
handle the idiosyncrasies of customers.
We cannot expect this from those start-
ing out to make a livelihood, therefore,
oldtimers who have had the good for-
tune to coordinate their experiences
should try to share them with the less
fortunate.
No. 40
Gaze once more at our design. Note
that four keys have been removed from
the key frame. We may ask why have
we taken them out. To clear the way for
non-obstruction when replacing the ac-
tion, otherwise many broken parts might
result without this particular caution.
Remarks on No. 40
As I have often said, always begin
with the key. (a) Note, the four whip-
pens marked with an X. (b) As an
Alfred H. Howe
AUTHOR OF
the Popular Text-Book
Scientific Piano Tuning
and
Servicing
SENDS
a dealer may be able to save the day,
i.e., one can never be quite sure when
a customer drops in; a certain piano
catches the eye, and remarks, "I like the
looks of that one." It is an old saying—
"Keep your stock in shape." But all for
a few notes, viz—several of them never
should be out of order, and these items
left unnoticed may be the cause of em-
barrassment that could lead to the loss
of a sale.
Before classifying the difference be-
tween an experienced regulator of piano
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headaches to musicians, no matter how
trivial (read November issue on Keys,
Nov. 37).
To continue with our problems, our
design shows quite clearly the helpful-
ness for the dealer—especially a new-
comer in the field, who is our graduate
from the trade schools. After all, these
boys need our support. The professional
service man who has had in all prob-
ability some experience in a piano fac-
tory, likewise has considerable knowl-
edge picked up with the know-how to
to his many
friends throughout
the music industry
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