Relating to what you say about common perceptions of tuning versus fully servicing, I have tuned for a program in Winters, California called the Great American Piano Drop for several years, in which each spring an older vertical is placed in a park for the dry months and then dropped from a crane or bridge, in a showy destruction. I have had mixed feelings about it, but ultimately have viewed it as a positive presentation of music for the community. This year (just yesterday) I went the extra mile and shaped the very worn hammers (Haynes full size vertical), and did some regulation as well as tuning, in a limited time that was allowed me. This piano is right downtown and many people took notice of the man crouching to sand the hammers round on the removed action next to the sidewalk! These pianos get vandalized and abused but I had a few good minutes playing it with the front covers off, in which case it sounds like a six foot grand of course and fills the plaza. Who knows maybe this one will be saved if I got it to sound good enough to affect perceptions. I did note there in conversation that the reason the pianos get assaulted are because the kids and youths want music education. So sad.
Relating to what you say about common perceptions of tuning versus fully servicing, I have tuned for a program in Winters, California called the Great American Piano Drop for several years, in which each spring an older vertical is placed in a park for the dry months and then dropped from a crane or bridge, in a showy destruction. I have had mixed feelings about it, but ultimately have viewed it as a positive presentation of music for the community. This year (just yesterday) I went the extra mile and shaped the very worn hammers (Haynes full size vertical), and did some regulation as well as tuning, in a limited time that was allowed me. This piano is right downtown and many people took notice of the man crouching to sand the hammers round on the removed action next to the sidewalk! These pianos get vandalized and abused but I had a few good minutes playing it with the front covers off, in which case it sounds like a six foot grand of course and fills the plaza. Who knows maybe this one will be saved if I got it to sound good enough to affect perceptions. I did note there in conversation that the reason the pianos get assaulted are because the kids and youths want music education. So sad.
I'm working on Fly me to the Moon, thank's for using that as your demo piece.
Yes what is the upright? 🤔
Aweosme!
Also, I absolutely LOVE the upright piano behind this grand. Is there a video on it?