pitch raising muting method

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

As requested, here is the procedure which I demonstrated in one of the 
classes in San Diego.

It saves muting motions if one uses just one muting wedge on the treble 
side of a 3 string unison. Tune the left string until the middle  LED of 
the SAT III just lights up once. Then tune the center string roughly to 
the left string. With the SAT, one can see a representation of both 
frequencies (on a p.r., the center str.will at first be too far away to 
register in the display until you begin to move it closer to pitch). 
Next, move the wedge to the right of the next unison, tune the previous 
right string to the other two. Then repeat this same procedure on the 
second note. This system requires only one mute move per 
note. It is amazing how close the three strings will end up with just 
minimum effort. Remember, we are not tuning, but just pretensioning the 
piano so that we can give a good fine tuning later.

Jim Coleman, Sr.