tuning time

David Love davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
Sun, 29 Dec 2002 22:07:09 -0800


Once again I'm reminded of that Woody Allen line: "I took a speed reading
course.  Afterward I read "War and Peace" in 30 minutes.  It's about
Russia."

David Love


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: December 29, 2002 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: tuning time


Yeah, everytime I hear of that "feat" I have to wonder what exactly
was the criteria for a "tuned" piano.  Who witnessed this and
pronounced the piano as in tune?

David I.

On 30 Dec 2002 at 3:54, Richard Brekne wrote:

>
>
> Don wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jack,
> >
> > For me a concert tuning should involve no net change in pitch on any
> > note (2 cents or preferrably less). So one is essentially cleaning
> > unisons. Therefore a concert tuning for me takes no more than about
> > 30 minutes. Longer if I use an EDT.
>
> I find myself 100 % in agreement with these Don.
>
> >
> > I believe the worlds record for raising pitch 100 cents is held by
> > Steve Fairchild--at 300 seconds! Now *THAT* is bionic.
>
> Well..... I'd like to have seen the readout on the result myself
> before drawing any big time conclusions.... tho now doubt he was as
> adept as they come at pitch raising.
>
> >
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> UiB, Bergen, Norway
> mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
> http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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