tuning video?

[Brian Lawson]

I cant do a pitch raise without a wedge but I only mute off the third (right
hand) string when doing so, you get a feel for how much to pull up, point is
when doing a one pass pitch raise - you're aiming for a out of tune piano
which is sharp, not a fine tuned piano ready for a concert. Once the pitch
raise is done, you're then lowering the strings to pitch, doing a rough
tuning and then after a break of at least one cup of coffee, go on and fine
tune it. With a customers piano my charge includes a return visit to check
it.


Brian Lawson
IC PTG, MPT
Johannesburg, South Africa

----- Original Message -----
From: "John M. Formsma" <jformsma@dixie-net.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 5:46 AM
Subject: RE: tuning video?


> Terry,
>
> It can be done, but I don't know about getting unisons beatless with
another
> string wanging.  I can get them pretty close, but in the scenario you
> described (pitch raise 1/2 step), even if it were possible to get
beatless,
> it would not be worth the effort since they wouldn't last for more than a
> couple seconds.  :-)
>
> I have used this when pitch raising with a SAT, but since I do mostly
aural
> work now, I strip mute the entire piano, tune middle string, then
re-insert
> strip mute, muting off every other left-right adjacent strings.  (I'm sure
> there's a better way to describe this muting procedure, but that's all I
can
> come up with now.)  Pitch raising this way can be done in 20 minutes or
> less.
>
> Best regards,
>
> John Formsma
> Blue Mountain, MS
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of pianolover@worldspy.net
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 12:26 PM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: tuning video?
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for "tuning videos"....it's
> been a great help!
>
> Here's a new question: In order to save time during a pitch raise, is it
> possible to do so WITHOUT using mutes? Can the ear be trained to tune 2
> strings of a trichord unison beatless, while the third string is vibrating
> as much as a 1/2 step lower?  Do any techs on this list use this method
when
> pulling up a piano, at least during the first pass? Just womnering. Thanks
>
> Terry Peterson
> Los Angeles, CA
>
>
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