List And stability would be another issue but an amazing feat never the less! Dale E ----- Original Message ----- From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@optonline.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 11:01 AM Subject: Re: How long does it take to tune the average Piano? > > There is a world record. Steve Fairchild from Connecticut > > claims this. At a seminar he gave a demonstration og > > a 1/2 step pitch raise and tuning in 18 minutes. > > Check the Guinnes Book to check his record. > > Steve pitch raised a spinet 1 whole step (I think) and tuned it three times in just > over thirty minutes. The first pass was about six minutes. I was there and > somewhere in the basement I have the original recording of the demonstration on a 10 > 1/2" reel. An amazing accomplishment physically and mentally. > > At least _one_ of us got into the book. > > Newton
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