> Subject: Time: 9:52 AM > OFFICE MEMO Re tuning instability Date: 2/6/96 > >...Here at Oberlin, we >quantitate test blows on the "Strichter Scale" of one to five, with number >five test blows being necessary to stabililize a piano for a weekend Liszt >festival. On our concert pianos, our motto is, "If you aren't committed to >stabilizing it, don't change it." Also, if you haven't broken strings >occasionally with test blows, you haven't reached grade five on the "Strichter >Scale". > >Ken Sloane, Oberlin Conservatory Another thought occurred to me about unions going out in a concert situation which happened to me sometime back. I personally got lazy, didn't keep my attention on the job, let my mind wander during the tuning; causing, as you can imagine, instability. * And I did receive feedback. * I knew I couldn't blame it on the piano or the artist because it happened within the time frame of one program of about 1-2 hours. The simple fact is, I just didn't do what needed to be done...focus my complete attention on the task at hand and implement the philosophy you mention above. Hopefully, never again will I let this happen. Just where did this Strichter Scale originate, please? Keith A. McGavern, RPT kam544@ionet.net Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee
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