Are all Steinway verticals difficult to tune?

[Mark1098]

Greetings all,

I own a Steinway upright piano that is about 33 years old. It is the
model 45 studio upright. My technician finds it extremely difficult to
tune. It takes him almost twice as long to tune this piano compared to
the Steinway grands that he tunes. He had to redo the tuning of the
treble section of my piano three times! The Steinway grands he
encounters are a joy to tune. There is nothing wrong with my piano but
he explained to me that the challenge lies in the design of the piano.
I have read all about this issue on the Internet as well as Larry
Fine's piano book and so I believe this to be true.

Does anyone know if this problem is true for all Steinway verticals, or
does this issue only apply to the ones manufactured in New York? In
spite of this I really enjoy this piano.

Thanks very much.

Mark

[Rich P]

Steinway uprights are garbage to tune, especially the newer ones. I have to
admit they give me fits as well.

Rich Pierro
A-Sharp Piano
http://www.pianorebuilder.com

Post by Mark1098
Greetings all,
I own a Steinway upright piano that is about 33 years old. It is the
model 45 studio upright. My technician finds it extremely difficult to
tune. It takes him almost twice as long to tune this piano compared to
the Steinway grands that he tunes. He had to redo the tuning of the
treble section of my piano three times! The Steinway grands he
encounters are a joy to tune. There is nothing wrong with my piano but
he explained to me that the challenge lies in the design of the piano.
I have read all about this issue on the Internet as well as Larry
Fine's piano book and so I believe this to be true.
Does anyone know if this problem is true for all Steinway verticals, or
does this issue only apply to the ones manufactured in New York? In
spite of this I really enjoy this piano.
Thanks very much.
Mark

[Steven Lewis]

The problem with the Steinway uprights is the fact that they do not have any
wooden tuning pin bushings in the plate which help to support the pin when
tuning. As a result, the pin bends a little (what we call flagpoling) and
makes it very difficult to set the pin correctly. I have several of these
on my customer list and I never look forward to tuning them.
Steve

Post by Mark1098
Greetings all,
I own a Steinway upright piano that is about 33 years old. It is the
model 45 studio upright. My technician finds it extremely difficult to
tune. It takes him almost twice as long to tune this piano compared to
the Steinway grands that he tunes. He had to redo the tuning of the
treble section of my piano three times! The Steinway grands he
encounters are a joy to tune. There is nothing wrong with my piano but
he explained to me that the challenge lies in the design of the piano.
I have read all about this issue on the Internet as well as Larry
Fine's piano book and so I believe this to be true.
Does anyone know if this problem is true for all Steinway verticals, or
does this issue only apply to the ones manufactured in New York? In
spite of this I really enjoy this piano.
Thanks very much.
Mark