Ron, <<The problem I was having, as do most other relatively new tuners and/or perfectionists, was in trying to work out everything I could hear, at every level, down past the subliminal, and into the realm of imagination. Beyond a certain point, you're chasing phantoms.>> I can definitely relate to this. <<My suggestion was, and is, to make one pass over the piano as fast as you can move. Don't stop to make that fourth perfect, or diddle that thirds progression into ultra smoothness, or any such thing. Literally THROW a tuning at the piano. Then check it out to see what you did. You'll be surprised how close it is. Now, make another pass just as fast as you did the first one, somewhat refining what you did the first time over.>> I remember your posting this before, and will definitely give it a shot. What could it hurt? :-) <<The problem is what Conrad mentioned as the law of diminishing returns. Whatever you do, you can't tune past the resolution of the instrument any more than you can put five quarts of water into a gallon container, and you're wasting time attempting to on every tuning.>> This is a good analogy, and I hadn't really thought of in quite these terms. As you said, a quick tuning gives one the opportunity to assess the instrument before really tuning it. These were very good suggestions. Thanks for posting them. John Formsma Blue Mountain, MS
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