Oops?

[Warren Fisher]

Hi, Susan

I was just trying to see if I could steal some secrets from some of the other
"machine wizards" in this group.  Oops was considerably milder than reality!
Your friend
Warren

Susan Kline wrote:

> At 03:07 PM 11/4/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> >You have to
> >reduce the overset through the section in error about 10% and then go
> >back up to the  original overset.
> >
> >Does anybody have ideas on this?
> >
> >Warren
>
> Well, Warren, since I don't carry around any of the little machines,
> I'd just aurally tune the mess away, and tell them that it will need a tuning
> again soon, to improve the stability. I usually say "6 months or
> sooner if it bothers you." Some do, some don't, some do but not
> within the 6 months -- it's really not my problem, once the advice
> has been given.
>
> If a piano is this far down, I make the first pass AT 440 without overpull,
> and then I make the second pass with overpull gradually increasing
> in octaves 5 and 6, and then tapering off. The third pass I try
> to do a normal tuning, and see what I get. The overpulling isn't
> as exact as the machines can do, but one ends up guessing pretty
> well after enough experience. The main thing is to do the
> initial passes quickly. I usually get away with only two passes
> in the bass, but I usually need to find a few strays in the treble,
> even after three passes. I explain to the owner that the pitch is
> still a moving target, and the next tuning will probably be better.
> Having just watched me attack the thing, they understand when I
> tell them that they can't make up for a couple of decades of
> neglect in one sitting.
>
> Susan

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