45 min tunings/The Thing

[David Ilvedson]

I've mentioned this before...if you strip mute, consider inserting one strip
every other space between unisons...sort of like in the bass with a strip
mute.  Then insert the other strip in the open spaces and voila...when done
tuning the middle strings, pull out "one strip and tune every other outside
string.  No mutes needed.  Then the other strip and back up tuning the other
side of the unison.  Try it!

David I.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of Kristinn Leifsson
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 5:27 AM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: RE: 45 min tunings/The Thing


>Have you ever used strip mutes to tune all the middle strings first? I do
>that for all verticals. Strip muting is the way to go for verts, IMO, but
>especially for pitch raises. Yes, it is possible to do a slightly better
job
>by tuning the unisons first before tuning octaves, but it generally takes
>much more time, and it is a rare customer who can ever tell the difference
>anyway.
>
>John Formsma
>Blue Mountain, MS
>
>
>

I always strip mute the middle, that´s the way I was taught.  Then I tune
up, then I tune down, then I take the unisons in the middle. With a Papps
mute, OF COURSE!
On overdamped pianos I strip mute all the steel strings (with an acid
soaked strip!)

Kristinn