Diane Unfortunately there isn't an "easy" way to do this. Although you can do a pitch raise and tuning in one setting, I would suggest you pitch raise all of them first, then go back and tune them. Maybe after they get the bill for doing all of this work, the school will be more inclined to have you come twice a year. It might cost them the same in the long run, but it will save you a lot of work. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Diane Hofstetter <dianepianotuner at msn.com> To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Sat, Feb 6, 2010 9:52 pm Subject: [CAUT] Advice for achieving stability sooner? just got a contract tuning 9 almost new Kawai UST-9 studio pianos at a local ommunity college. The pianos were purchased last year about this time and elivered directly to the college, through a snow storm, which we rarely have in his part of the world. Then they were unboxed in the new music building, DC eating rods with HD humidistats installed, pitch raised and tuned (all the same ay). ow a year of no service at all has gone by, and I have to get them sounding ecent. I started one today. It was about 30-40cents flat. After a pitch aise and tuning, I now think it is ready for a tuning! 'm considering doing less careful pitch raises, but doing two of them before I ry to tune. Have also wondered about tapping strings on bridges. f anyone can give me advice for making the job less back-breaking and higher uality, I will be very grateful! Diane Hofstetter = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100207/6ea65691/attachment.htm>
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