tuning video?

[Billbrpt@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 1/14/00 5:58:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
pianolover@worldspy.net writes:

<< Can anyone recommend any good videos (and where to find them) on the art 
of Piano tuning/servicing?  >>

I'm only sorry I couldn't answer this sooner.  The best way to learn is to 
get your information from as many different sources as possible.  View all of 
the tuning videos you can get your hands on, read all the books, go to as 
many seminars as you can possible get to and try to get to the Annual 
Convention.

The first one I attended was in Minneapolis in 1979.  There, Jim Coleman, Sr. 
RPT taught a class along with the late George Defebaugh RPT.  Both of these 
individuals later earned PTG's highest honorable award, The Golden Hammer.  
The lecture they gave together on Tuning changed my life forever and this was 
in spite of the fact that much of it was over my head.  But I kept coming 
back until I understood it all.

I have never seen the video that they made together but I think Jim Coleman 
is still selling them.  He is a regular contributor to this List. I am sure 
that this video will contain information that confirms what you already know, 
will teach you things right away that you didn't know, and may challenge you 
with things you cannot readily grasp.  If you have a tuning question, his 
answer and opinion always contain important information you can count on. 

There are several other very highly skilled and qualified tuners who 
regularly participate on the List.  Beyond that, there are many other 
technicians who have amazingly erudite expertise in just about any area you 
might think of.  Just stick with Pianotech and you will learn a lot.  I have 
only been with it for a couple of years but I have learned a great deal 
myself, believe me, I have.

On the other question you had, as you have already been told, yes, it is 
possible to do a muteless pitch raise.  There is a member of my Chapter, Mr. 
Daniel P. Eberhardy RPT who does it all the time when doing a large pitch 
raise.  Frankly, I don't want to hear such dissonance and have never even 
attempted it.  But it is a sound idea and if you can actually learn to hear 
the pitch you need and want to hear through all of the conflicting sounds, it 
will be much to you credit to do so.  You will truly amaze people.

Good luck with it all,

Bill Bremmer RPT
Madison, Wisconsin