Paul, I pitch raise and lower using the same techniques, except that I don't complete the bass doubles until I've raised two full sets of the treble triples. Reason being, to raise tension on the frame evenly. My pitch raises take about 13 to 15 minutes, and yes, aurally, guessing at the over pull after these many years with amazing accuracy, and the follow up fine tuning being quite stable. I don't fine tune if the piano was more than 100%, generally, but where I've had to, I've been amazed at the stability. Did I understand you correctly, 'with the mutes in'. What does that mean? Roger Hayden, RPT On Sun, 1 Oct 2000 23:40:23 -0500 "Paul" <tunenbww@clear.lakes.com> writes: > Roger > Your technique sounds like mine. I've been working on eliminating a > lot of > the repetitive motion of mute changing, to increase my time on the > tuning > lever and keyboard. I've worked out systems for grands, verticals, > birdcage > actions, oversize capo bars, etc., in most of the pianos I > encounter. Floor > tunings were the incentive to pick up speed but hold the accuracy. > Have you > tried pitch raising with all your mutes in? You can do it under 10 > minutes > and come out with surprising accuracy, all done aurally. It goes for > pitch > lowering too! > > Paul Chick > ----- Original Message ----- ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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