Dear Jim, Rest assured I do not "inch the pitch up". It comes up all the way to A-440 at least on the very first pass and at least that each time it is passed over. Doing 3 tunings over 3&1/2 months gets the piano in a stable used to being at A-440 mode for the future. Please re-read my earlier post on pitch raising-long. Inching up gets you no where except inches. James Grebe R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis pianoman@inlink.com "I'm on my way towards the mighty light of knowledge". ---------- > From: JimBirch@aol.com > To: lesbart@juno.com; owner-pianotech@ptg.org; pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: pitch raising > Date: Sunday, February 15, 1998 8:22 PM > > Leslie, my practice is to do a pitch raise in one sitting. I do not have the > time to take two time slots to do a job I can do in a slightly lengthened time > slot. I also think it unfair to charge the client for the unnecessary time. > I find that the piano, depending on the brand, can be raised to pitch and fine > tuned with stability. There are times when the high treble must be tuned a > third time. I'm not the brave one who greatly over stretches, however the > tuning ends up where I want it to be. > Some of those technicians who take two or three visits, inch the pitch up and > thus never achieve stability. In most cases where the last tuning was ten > plus years old, a rough tuning sounds 300% better to the client. In the > East, Mother Nature will distroy the best of tunings in a matter of months. > Clients are encouraged to have a followup tuning before the six month has > passed. Even when a year has passed, the piano can usually be tuned in one > pass. > > Jim Birch, RPT
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC