This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I think it's a mistake to put out the message of how long a tuning = should take. There are different styles of working. To set each string = in 5 seconds might be reasonable on some pianos. But I don't see how = that could possibly take into account setting a temperament (for aural = tuners), taking measurements and calculating stretch (for ETD users), or = going through any types of aural checks (which should happen for both). = Assuming you can comfortably put a string in tune, set the pin, and = deliver a few test blows in that time, I'm not sure how you can have any = time left to check intervals or even let the string vibrate long enough = to allow a beat (if there is one) to develop. The goal is accuracy. = Speed is not unimportant as a consideration of business, but it is = secondary to the job at hand. I feel like I work comfortably fast, I = have no trouble scheduling 5 or even 6 pianos in a day ( or more in an = institutional setting), but I can't imagine doing a tuning with any = reliable accuracy and stability in 20 minutes, unless the piano is = already basically in tune. Suggesting that a 1 hour tuning puts one in = the category of "newbie" not only sends the wrong message, but indicates = a misguided sense of priorities. =20 David Love ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wimblees@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: January 11, 2002 8:08 PM Subject: Re: tuning speed In a message dated 1/12/02 3:07:49 AM !!!First Boot!!!, = greeneguy63@mindspring.com writes:=20 Joe Garrett said,=20 I feel good if I get a tuning done in under an hour. =20 I have always wanted to question this. I don't understand how an = experienced, seasoned tuner, like Joe, (and others), can take so long to = tune a piano. Am I, (and a couple of others), the exception to the rule? = What do you guys do that takes so long?=20 When I hear a string out of tune, I put in tune, set the pin and pound = the key to make sure it stays, and move on. I can do all of that in 5 = seconds. At 240 strings, that's 20 minutes. If I add 2 seconds to move = the hammer to the next pin, and the mute to the next string, it ads 8 = minutes. Sometimes I take a little longer, but no where near an hour. = (of course, this is on a stable piano, that's on pitch).=20 I can understand a newbie taking longer, but please tell me what you = do that takes so long? (I'm not picking on you, Joe, I just want to = know).=20 Wim=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/72/a1/09/e3/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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