Stephen Airy wrote: > Ok, so 2 passes is always better than one. > > Here's part of my question -- when a piano is, within, > say, 2 or 3 cents, is one pass OK? Or, what is the > max it can be off before two passes is recommended? > > Also, what is the farthest flat for a piano to be > before you all might recommend three passes (one up to > pitch with no overpull, second with overpull, third > fine tune)? Also, is there ever any case where > someone would recommend four or more passes? (We'll > assume that the pinblock and bridges are in fair > condition (good enough to take a pitch raise).) > I dunno guys... I always tune with 2 overlapping passes and a final quick pass to just double check every thing. I use 6 mutes for the temperement area and for the most part just two for the rest of the piano. I sort of "spread out" upwards and downwards, and am typically done in about 50 minutes. Depends a bit on how picky I want to get, and how many interval matching problems I run into... like false beats of various sorts and the like. I am not sure that its possible to say that this way or that way is always better or more efficient. Depends on the tuner more then anything else I would think. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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