In article <009c01c03db3$b81fb560$d1165c18@tampabay.rr.com>, Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> writes >I'm just jealous of some of you folks. I'm not quite in the 40,000-serviced >piano catagory yet (still working on my first 1,000 - although likely >getting close!), and a couple pitch raises and a good tuning in an hour or >so is FAST! Also, I try to work pretty fast doing a pitch raise on a newer >piano, or one that is not very flat, but as the piano gets older (old >uprightitis) crustier, I tend to take a good half hour on a big pitch raise >pass - largely to try & be careful to not break strings or whatever. I would say that most tuners are the same, the older the piano the slower we go. Speed come naturally - most of the very fast tuners I know worked in factory's and you had to be fast to make your money. Not the same now, all the hi-output piano factory's use ETA's and the operative only do part of the pin bending. However, speed is OK in the workshop or on the first few passes of a large pitch, but for your normal tuning, being too fast can work against you, with the great unwashed - if you do the world finest tuning in 30 mins they will not appreciate it. If all who came before you, took over an hour. 5% of out job is tuning the piano 95% of it, is fine tuning the client. Barrie, > >Terry Farrell >Piano Tuning & Service >Tampa, Florida >mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Barrie Heaton" <Piano@forte.airtime.co.uk> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 7:06 AM >Subject: Re: tuning question > > >> In article <001101c03a8b$50d0cbe0$d1165c18@tampabay.rr.com>, Farrell >> <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> writes >> >I know what the problem is! You are tuning too fast. You pitch raised >> >(major, HA! - that was a world record!) a piano 600 cents and fine tuned >it >> >in just under two hours? You gotta be bionic. Are you for rent? >> >> Major 5th pitch in * 50 minutes and a concert played on it when >> finished, there is a video if E Wilkings doing it, first pass with no >> mutes. >> >> Barrie >> >> * not positive on the exact time but was under the hour >> >> -- >> Barrie Heaton PGP key on request http://www.a440.co.uk/ >> AcryliKey Ivory Repair System UK © >http://www.acrylikey.co.uk/ >> The U.K. Piano Page © >http://www.uk-piano.org/ >> Home to the UK Piano Industry >> > > -- Barrie Heaton PGP key on request http://www.a440.co.uk/ AcryliKey Ivory Repair System UK © http://www.acrylikey.co.uk/ The U.K. Piano Page © http://www.uk-piano.org/ Home to the UK Piano Industry
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