My 10-minute tuning in practice!

[Marcel Carey]

Hi!

I did find an upgrade to this tip. The first thing I do is bring one string
of each A to pitch. Remember, 1 only.Then, I remove my mutes to these As and
listen to the beat for the different octaves. Then I simply raise the
outside string of each unison "trying not to hard" to match the beats of
that particular octave. Since there is no muting done, it goes fast and
there is almost no way of going too sharp. I've found this method to be more
precise than the original.

Give it a try and let me know.

Marcel Carey, RPT

>"Million Dollar Pitch Raising Tip."
>            When you come to a piano that it slightly down in pitch, up to
>15 cents flat, go over the flat areas, pulling up one string of each
unison.
>Place two hands on the tuning hammer and do not strike the keys. Pull the
#1
>string of each unison just until you feel the pin move. This should just
>take you a minute or two.
>            Then, proceed to tune normally. You will find that each
trichord
>you come to will have two flat strings and one sharp string. Bring up a
flat
>one, then bring down the sharp one and finally bring up the other flat one.
>            You will find that the initial work of sharpening loads the
>soundboard in anticipation of the extra tension and the pitch will stay
>where you put it.
>            If you have already starting tuning the piano, unaware that the
>treble is flat, simply stop tuning, do the quick raise as described above,
>then continue tuning. You'll be amazed!
>
>                        Ken Burton "Doctor Piano" Calgary Alberta
>                                   kwburton@cadvision.com
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Phil Bondi <tito@PhilBondi.com>
>To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Date: Thursday, March 11, 1999 12:25 PM
>Subject: Re: My 10-minute tuning in practice!
>
>
>>Congrats Brian. I've done 2 just this morning in the fashion that you
>>mentioned..well almost!..both new pianos..one on the dealer floor and one
>in
>>the customer's home..The one on the dealer floor was 26.8c flat..I had to
>>raise the 5th and 6th octaves twice before the fine tuning..total time:
>1Hr.
>>20 min.
>>
>>The one in the customer's home was 11.3c flat..that one was just a quickie
>>doing JUST the middle string..I'm sure someone on this list will tell me
to
>do
>>all 3, but what I have found is if I leave the middle string beating
pretty
>
>>good against the lower octave, then when I go to do the fine tune, it
falls
>>into place instead of the unisons 'dragging down' the pitch..this is the
>2nd
>>time I have tried this with good results..yes, I had a few flat ones in
the
>>6th octave and had to re-tune 3, but all in all, this quickie PR seems to
>work
>>for me when the piano is not that bad to begin with.
>>
>>PRook!
>>
>>
>>
>