Thanks for all of the great advice. FWIW, I thought I'd add a little background on what prompted the question. I learned to tune from the Randy Potter course, and so, in a sense, was "taught" to tune not only by Randy Potter, but also by Jim Coleman and George Defebaugh (I generally use the Potter F-A temperament). Sometimes, the temperament seems to fall into place fairly easily: I get the F-A-C#-F-A contiguous thirds sounding right and the rest of the temperament fills in nicely. Smooth progression of thirds, no offensive P4's or P5's.... But lately, it seems like I've really been struggling in getting the temperament. I'm a part-time tuner, and average maybe 2 piano's a week. The most recent piano's that I've tuned were a Yamaha M1AR, 2 Wurlitzer G-153's (floor tunings) and a Schimmel grand (haven't measured it, but it's around 6'). All of these took me about 30-45 minutes, just to set the temperament! (He said rather sheepishly, with an empbarassed grin). The advice that I've received in response to my question should help. I also strongly suspect that the recent thread on tuning spinet's (and other small pianos) will help out a lot on the little Yamaha and small Wurlie's. The harmonics on the Schimmel were really tricky (a cavernous room with mostly wooden floors and bare walls didn't help). Thanks again for all the help. Regards, Jerry Hunt Associate member PTG Dallas, TX __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
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