piano tuning method

[Brown, David]

thank you for the kind and helpful words.  I really am hungry for knowledge.

-----Original Message-----
From: Clyde Hollinger [mailto:cedel@supernet.com]
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 8:15 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: piano tuning method


David,

I used to use a Peterson 520.  When I first got it and knew nothing about
tuning, I tuned my entire piano following the strobe.  It sounded pretty
awful,
which may have been partly the machine and partly my lack of tuning
technique.
I used it for years just for feedback in setting the temperament octave and
did
the rest totally by ear.

I'm going to try to describe my method of tuning in less than 100 words when
I
used the Peterson (I use RCT now).  Strip mute, set the temperament octave,
tune
down to the bass end then up to the treble end, checking as I go, then do
the
unisons, check all.  28 words, but as Bill and Richard both said, a
thumbnail
sketch leaves out an awfully lot of important stuff.

Since you describe yourself as a novice, I might add that what you now
consider
a nice result from the old timer may not meet your criteria for a good
tuning
several years from now.

Regards,
Clyde Hollinger

"Brown, David" wrote:

> Could someone describe their method of tuning in under 100 words.  I was
> taught by an old timer who started at the lowest bass string and went all
> the way to the top using his Peterson 520.  He did get a nice result.
Isn't
> this method somewhat untraditional?  He did teach me to stretch the upper
> octaves as I go for a nice bright sound.  Was this correct?
>
> A novice.
>
> dbrown@tri-city.org