Hi Terry, You might want to investigate "deaf or blind tuning" in the archives. The trick is to use it on the "last string" that you tune in any unison. Because I feel that almost all tunings are pitch corrections (anything over 4 cents) I nearly constantly use the pitch overcompensation feature of Reyburn Cyber Tuner. 75 minutes does not make you a slow tuner, sorry to disappoint you there! *grin* I believe that for the method you are describing that stability will be less than with more traditional practises. I don't have "hard data" but the pianos were I have used "deaf" tuning for part of the initial tuning are much wilder in those same areas when I return to service them the next time. However I'm talking about changes of 100 plus cents, not the 16 that you speak of. At 08:45 PM 1/14/2004 -0500, you wrote: > the "quickie" pitch raise. &H (Aolean) console (junk) that was up to >10 cents flat. cents sharp (bring the one string up sharp enough for >both strings), and the left string of the tricords up maybe 15 or 16 cents >(enough for all three strings plus enough for the overpull thing). By >doing that, the total tension on the system is up to A440. Therefore, when >I go to tune on the next pass, I am not making any overall pitch >adjustments - I just set each string to target pitch without concerning >myself with overpull, etc. This way the pitch raise goes very fast because >you only adjust one string - instead of three. I am not a fast tuner, >but the little trashy console I did this morning was between zero and 10 >cents flat. I tuned it at the proper pitch (and I mean it was a real good >tuning where all notes were right where I wanted them) in 75 minutes. I >find that you don't really want to try this with a piano that is more than >10 cents off pitch in any area. But for the piano that is just a tad flat >or that just has one section that is a tad flat, this might be a quick >good thing to try. Am I reinventing the wheel? Terry Farrell Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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