Bill, In case I didn't mention it, it was MY piano that I tuned, and I certainly would not, as you state, offer a like tuning for money. I am still in the "embryo" stage as a tuner/tech, but I'm coming along very nicely, thanks to the generous help of my mentor, and a lot of study & practice on my part. As a newbie, I really don't want to spend more than an hour or so at a time tuning, either aurally or with my SAT, at least at this early stage. As for your other statement about "depending on my SAT" to soon, I am, as I mentioned, using my ear to do tests, and tune unisons. So maybe tomorrow I'll check to see how well my "rough tuning" held pitch, then give it a nice fine tuning. Thanks! Terry On Sun, 30 January 2000, Billbrpt@AOL.COM wrote: > I hate to tell you this, Terry but that was only a *rough* tuning. If you > want it to be better, you'll have to do it all over again. I would never > offer a tuning I had done just one time the way you described for money. > With practice, you can do both tunings in an hour or less, just like many of > us do. When you have to change the pitch more drastically, you will need to > use your reset feature to compensate. Any portion of the piano which is more > than 3 cents sharp or flat of desired pitch needs to have the reset feature > used during the rough tuning part. > > There is a lot to learn. I would also caution that if you learn to depend on > the SAT too soon, you'll not likely ever learn to tune well enough by ear to > pass the PTG Exam. It is a trap many, many technicians have fallen into. > > Good luck, > > Bill Bremmer RPT > Madison, Wisconsin ______________________________________________________________ Get free Internet service and email at http://www.worldspy.com
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