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defacto7

(14,162 posts) Wed Feb 6, 2019, 05:33 PM Feb 2019

Piano Tuners callout... [View all]

It just dawned on me that over the years I've been on DU I've never asked if there are any piano tuners or pipe organ curators or enthusiasts on our forum. So are there? It's what I do in my retirement and I was just wondering. I have a couple of nice grands I'm rebuilding right now and I'm always working on a huge monster pipe organ in the area. If so, maybe there's some shop talk to be done for the fun of it.

Anyone?

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Piano Tuners callout... [View all] defacto7 Feb 2019 OP

I'm not a piano tuner but I could sure use one right now. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #1

Yeah, they do that sometimes. defacto7 Feb 2019 #4

It's a Mason & Hamlin upright, made in the mid-'50s. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #10

Mason & Hamlin is a pretty good piano. defacto7 Feb 2019 #13

It sounded pretty good after the first tuning but it slipped after a bit. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #15

Sounds like you're on top of it. Go M&H. defacto7 Feb 2019 #18

I play, but I don't tune them. JuJuYoshida Feb 2019 #2

I play too. There are some very good tuners who don't play. defacto7 Feb 2019 #5

I had an electric piano when I was growing up. Tikki Feb 2019 #3

There's nothing like the sound and feel of an old B3 with a 122. CincyDem Feb 2019 #6

I know those old B3s well but what's a 122? is that the defacto7 Feb 2019 #9

Yep. That's the model number of the classic Leslie mahogany or cherry speaker. CincyDem Feb 2019 #17

Whoa, that's the first time I've seen inside one of those things. defacto7 Feb 2019 #23

yeah - between that and the tubes. Mmmm..Mmmmm...good. CincyDem Feb 2019 #26

The pleasure's all mine! defacto7 Feb 2019 #45

Ha, I had an accordion when I was a kid. defacto7 Feb 2019 #7

i can't tune a piano, but i can tuna fish. unblock Feb 2019 #8

Do you know how many times a tuner hears that joke? defacto7 Feb 2019 #11

dang, and here i thought for sure i was the first with this completely original joke. unblock Feb 2019 #12

But did you know you can switch the word fish with the word boat? defacto7 Feb 2019 #14

and i suppose you could switch out piano for harpsicord as well... unblock Feb 2019 #20

Well, I can't tune a fish but I can tune harpsichord. defacto7 Feb 2019 #27

i can't span an octave, but i can spanakopita unblock Feb 2019 #31

I can span a whole Galaktoboureko right now! defacto7 Feb 2019 #38

REO Speedwagon beat you to it liberaltrucker Feb 2019 #16

ah, but you see, they used the boring, traditional formulation. unblock Feb 2019 #19

... liberaltrucker Feb 2019 #24

You've probably heard this one, too: The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #21

Ha, actually I hadn't. But somehow I saw it coming. defacto7 Feb 2019 #29

Estey pump organ madamesilverspurs Feb 2019 #22

Those old pump organs are something special indeed. defacto7 Feb 2019 #32

Not a tuner or a player, but blaze Feb 2019 #25

How fun. I actually still do that night playing in a cathedral defacto7 Feb 2019 #33

I have my great-grandfather's pump organ from late 1800's. northoftheborder Feb 2019 #28

Oh yes, there are parts catalogs for technicians with old pump organ parts. defacto7 Feb 2019 #35

Not a piano guy, love the music and even had an upright...friends would play. But I'm tuned in! NT SWBTATTReg Feb 2019 #30

I'm glad your in tune. defacto7 Feb 2019 #36

Not a piano tuner but I respect them a lot csziggy Feb 2019 #34

Now that's an amazing story! defacto7 Feb 2019 #37

I've tried to locate the original story in a NY paper but have not been able to csziggy Feb 2019 #39

My grandma's Hammond M-3 doesn't work OriginalGeek Feb 2019 #40

That is THE classic spinet home organ. defacto7 Feb 2019 #44

Don't suppose you are in CT? blur256 Feb 2019 #41

I lived there about 30 years ago.... defacto7 Feb 2019 #42

Thank you! blur256 Feb 2019 #43

I know a guy in Fort Worth imavoter Feb 2019 #46

Maybe you could go to Ft. Worth and pick up defacto7 Feb 2019 #47