while tuning my piano... (lol @ self)

[Greg Newell]

There are better methods to use that make using TuneLab much simpler. I
could type it all out but I learned from asking Bob Scott and perhaps he
is the best person to talk with about how to use his program, eh? FWIW
There is not a whole lot of correction necessary if your using the
program correctly.

Greg

Stephen Airy wrote:

> Ok, so I'm tuning my piano... (have done temperament
> and octaves to bass, using mute strip in center
> section and partway into the bass, and mutes the rest
> of the way).  I go up almost an octave in the high
> treble section tuning by octaves, then when I get to
> the break, ok, time to start tuning those unisons.  I
> get almost finished with that octave when I decide it
> would be easier to stick a strip in up there.  Being
> the lazy guy that I am at this moment, I stick the
> strip in using the back wire handle on my mute,
> without pulling the action.  (Pulling the action makes
> the job a world (/me doesn't like to say "hell") of a
> lot easier.)  Strip inserted, resume tuning.  Get to
> F5/F6 octave.  Hmm..  F5 is only sustaining for about
> 2 seconds at best... Ahh I see.  Strip is pushed
> against center string.  Use fingernails to extract
> piece of strip from center string, doesn't work, makes
> problem worse, now F5 is staccato.  Ok, now use handle
> of mute (below the strip on right side of the note) to
> keep strip from being pushed down the string / damper
> and out of reach.  This doesn't work either.  I go to
> pull the mute, and -- HUH?   Why won't the mute come
> out?
>
> Turns out I had actually managed to maneuver the
> handle of the mute in such a way that I now had the 3
> strings for that note passing THROUGH the handle of
> the mute! :)  After trying to remove the mute with the
> strings at full tension, I ended up loosening each
> string a quarter turn, and this enabled me to extract
> the mute.  :)
>
> /me generated 1 minute tones using TuneLab97 (without
> having it listen to the piano - just set it up for
> pitch A-440, using the 12th-root-of-2 calculations to
> generate tones), recorded into wave editor, cut a CD
> (consisting of A-440, followed by F3 to F4
> chromatically, one minute each tone.  I then tuned the
> piano to that.
> Ok, so it may be better than the Korg, but you guys
> have any suggestions without breaking the bank on a
> SAT?  If I could fine on new in an unopened box for
> $0.01 on E-bay I might consider it, but my budget is
> pretty tight. :)
>
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Greg Newell
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