Speed, Accuracy & Efficiency=Profit

[Richard Brekne]

Yess yess yess.... all this is fine and dandy... but I for one would feel a bit
more comfortable about these kinds of posts if you guys would underline a bit
that "Tuning" in this sense is not at all the same as "Tuning" for an important
concert, or for the tuning exam for that matter. There are a lot of inexperienced
just starting out type gals and guys listening in and I wonder if all this talk
of super speed tunings is so awfully productive.

I too have had a ten piano day.. eleven actually is the most I have managed.. and
this was not in a school .. this was in a rural area where there was a bit of
driveing inbetween each one. The tunings were good enough for the owners in each
case.. but I doubt anyone of them would have escaped any real critical judgement.
Bad pianos... or pianos in poor shape, a "need" to get through them quickly all
add up to a situation where one comprimises the absolute best one can do. And
besides... Herrrre GUD... what an ordeal to subject yourself to.... grin



DGPEAKE@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 02/25/2000 5:56:44 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> Billbrpt@AOL.COM writes:
>
> << Dear List,
>
>  This post is aimed mainly at the newer people in the field and those who say
>  that it takes longer than an hour to do a good tuning.  Today, I left at 8
>  a.m., drove 25 miles to a high school where there is going to be a Solo &
>  Ensemble contest.  I tuned and prepared 10 pianos, was paid when finished at
>  the "school" rate, which is slightly lower than the usual but still pretty
>  good, deposited my check and was home at 6 p.m.
>   >>
>
> One hour is good for school pianos that are tuned frequently.  I just
> finished tuning and repairing 15 pianos for a local competition at a high
> school where my wife is a secretary.  Yesterday I started at 8 AM, and
> finished at 10 PM, tuning 10 pianos, 1/2 of them involving pitch raises. Some
> were good enough to let go without tuning. One got by with only a touch up. 2
> days before, I pitch raised, fine tuned, set lost motion on 2 uprights the
> school owns.  Having my SAT 3 with me helped a lot. My ears were batty at the
> end, and I am still tired from all of it.  Thank God, these marathon tuning
> days are few a far between.
>
> I will get a nice check Monday, when my wife goes back to work.  It will come
> out of a special educational account set up by the district for the purposes.
>
> Dave Peake, RPT
> Portland Chapter
> Oregon City, OR

--
Richard Brekne
Associate PTG, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway