Hi Marcel, Two questions: 1. How long does it take to Pitch raise a piano using this procedure? 2. How close do you get to A-440 within the first pass with a 30-40 cents low pitch? Regards, Michel Lachance, RPT Marcel Carey wrote: > > Hi Bert & List, > > Ken Burton's million dollar Tip can be found in the May 1996 issue of the > PTG Journal on page 12. > > I've, IMHO, improved the accuracy of this system by changing the procedure a > bit. Here is what I do to aurally pitch raise: > > I first tune one string of each A in the piano using a single rubber mute. > This is usually done after lubricating the strings and it will tell me if > they will take the pitch raise. I then remove my mutes and by listening to > the beat of unisons, I can evaluate how far off are different octaves. Then > without using any mutes, I will reproduce the beat of each notes in the > octaves by tuning one string of each unison (usually the right string). > After this, I will mute the tenor section and proceed tuning just the > regular way. I found out that this system will give me a little more > accuracy than Ken's "blind or should I say deaf" way of raising one string > per unison. The more I do it, the closer are my 1st tuned string to final > pitch. It has saved a lot of time for me. Hope some others will try it and > let me know how they like this system. > > Marcel Carey, RPT > Sherbrooke, QC >
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