Pitch Raise, was: Standard Pitch

[Michael Gamble]

Hello all
That's an interesting point made by Ron N. - "Tune on the attack phase of
the sound, rather than the diminishing susutain" With my EDT ( the TLA one)
I find it quite amazing how much deviation there is between the "Attack and
the Sustain". This raises more questions like: Is the piano going to be more
in tune when tuned on the "Attack" than on the "Sustain". And: Does it
matter how "Hard" you hit the note when tuning - and does it make any
difference? I tune Very Hard in order that the pianists, reps etc. can't
knock it out of tune. I only use one rubber wedge in Grands (one Papps in
Uprights) and only use the EDT in the first twelve notes of tuning, checking
at the first opportunity the 3rds,4ths,5ths and subsequently the 8ves, 10ths
and double 8ves. I also find in some pianos that the 10ths beat rate slows
down suddenly as it starts getting into the bass covered string area. If I
try to increase the beat rate to continue the slow decrease in beats, as
found in the "metal" section, then the 8ve. is out. I regularly fine tune
within 50 minutes on a piano only seen twice a year and within 30minutes on
a school piano seen three times a year (once a Term - "Semester"?)
ps: It makes no difference if the Upright is "Over-Damped" or "Underdamped"
to the time it takes to tune.
Regards to all
Michael G (UK)