>...I would be happy to demonstrate a 10 minute pitch raise and a 30 minute >tuning. But the problem is, just because I know how to do it, doens't mean >you can. It's hard to teach 20 years of experience in a 90 minute class. > >Wim The last thing anyone should need is 90 minutes to demonstrate a 10 minute pitch raise. The actual pitch raising of a piano would be the teacher. As Clyde H. indicated, "...we may pick up techniques that are hard to visualize through >email descriptions..." Knowing that I take approximately 18-23 minutes for a pitch raise, I would greatly enjoy witnessing you, or anyone else for that matter, accomplish the task of strip muting a piano (2x) and pitch raising a reasonably quality piano, say -20 cents or more, in ten (10) minutes or less, as you said you do, and then follow up with a 30 minute tuning, without a word ever being spoken during the process. No explanations, no conversations, no teaching, from anyone, anywhere in the room during this time. Just pure demonstration. If all these conditions were accomplished, more learning would take place than any words could ever reveal. My viewpoint on the subject. Keith McGavern Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA
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