---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Bill, I do tune aurally the vast majority of the time, but occasionally check it against my ETD. I will always go by what my ear tells me. Unfortunately, my ear told me that tuning this section of the piano was going to be a challenge. My ear was right. Thanks for the input, one and all. Dave S. In a message dated 7/10/02 12:35:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Billbrpt@AOL.COM writes: > > > > I'm glad you found some redeeming value in the Betsy Ross spinet, many who > write on here wouldn't. Actually, I think you would do best tuning > aurally. The problem you describe with 3 strings in which the windings are > not exactly the same is called a "snarl". What is happening is 3 different > amounts of inharmonicity. Don't be frustrated by that, just accept the > fact that it is impossible to tune the type of unison you are capable of on > a better made and designed piano. > > You simply get it as close as you can without stressing out about it and > move on. Most ETD's offer a calculated program that focuses on one > particular partial. That calculation is likely to be incorrect for this > kind of piano. There may be ways of resetting the ETD to make it match the > scale design but by the time you've done that, you could have had it > already done and moved on by tuning aurally. Your ear will be able to sort > out these mismatches and make the best compromise the quickest. > > It is not necessary or even advisable to make excuses about the way the > piano sounds to the customer. Usually, a person with this type of piano is > not very discriminating. They are used to the way it sounds. Certainly, > no other technician has been able to do anything about the problem so you > can be sure that none has been able to make it sound better than you can. > > This goes for false beats and poorly wound strings in bigger and better > pianos too. It's better to just do the best you can and be done with it. > If a customer does pick up on the imperfection, that is the time to explain > that it can't really be made to sound better. If changing of strings or > structural repair will solve these problems on a better piano, then offer > that as the solution, don't say, "It's not my fault". > > Bill Bremmer RPT > Madison, Wisconsin > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c4/c0/36/01/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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