Hedges and Pianos (OT)

[Paul Chick (EarthLink)]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan R. Barnard" <mathstar@salemnet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: Hedges and Pianos (OT)


> Too much mute moving for me ...
>
> Alan Barnard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Chick (EarthLink)" <tune4@earthlink.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 8:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Hedges and Pianos (OT)
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Tvak@AOL.COM>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 7:51 AM
> > Subject: Hedges and Pianos (OT)
> >
> >
> > > Maybe I should go in one direction for the first pass (from A0 to C8)
> and
> > > then go the opposite direction on the second pass!
> > >
> > > So I think I'll try it.  Next time I come across a Betsy Ross spinet
> > that's
> > > 150 cents flat, I'll take the hedge trimmer and move from left to
right,
> > and
> > > then go in the opposite direction for my second pass.
> > >
> > > I'll bet when I'm done, that piano would never have sounded better.
> > >
> > > Tom Sivak
> >
> >
> > Tom
> > I've been using a "reverse" pattern for a number of years, tuning from
the
> > temperament octave up to C8 tuning the center strings, then back down to
> the
> > break tuning one side of the unisons, then back up to C8 on the other
> side.
> > It works well for pitch raises and the piano is very stable.
> >
> > Paul Chick
> >
>
On the contrary. Strip mutes arranged in specific patterns eliminates all
but a few mute movements.

Paul Chick