Robin It took me a while to develop the technique, but now I use the "deaf" pitch raising technique a lot. At first I was underestimating the amount of pull, but stuck to it and can get quite close. Paul Chick Plainview MN ----- Original Message ----- From: Robin Blankenship <itune@new-quest.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 4:49 PM Subject: Re: Pitch raising technique > I'm curious. Do any of you ever use a "deaf" pitch raising approach? That > is, having determined the amount of total pin/string movement in a midrange > sampling, proceeding to turn the other pins a like amount. This relies on > "muscle memory" as one RPT explained to me years ago. Of course, this is > only useful when doing a large correction; i.e., 30 cents or more. It is > very, very crude, but very, very quick. I've been experimenting with it > lately and am not too good at it yet. > > Your comments are welcomed. > > Robin Blankenship > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry J. Messerly <prescottpiano@juno.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 12:17 AM > Subject: Pitch raising technique > > > >The talk recently on this list about whole step tuning and muting every > >other note after the center string is tuned got me to thinking. > > > >A couple of pitch raises this week (using SAT II), I tuned from A0 with > >no over-shoot in the bass, at the plain strings, using 2 mutes(or a split > >mute), tuned center string (F3 for example) with pitch raise system of > >SAT II and then moved mute, tuned left string of F3 and center of F#3, > >move mute, tune left of F#3 and center of G3 ... and so on for an > >octave, then went backwards and tuned the right strings of all notes, > >then continued up from where I had stopped to go back and tune the right > >strings. Takes longer to write than to do. I did the second tuning from > >C8 down, checking as I went. when I got to the bass it was very close, > >the bottom octave almost right on, and A4 came out at 440. > > > >If it didn't actually save any time, at least it brought a refreshing > >change to the pattern. > > > >Larry Messerly,RPT > >Prescott/Phoenix >
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