New Tuner

[Cy Shuster]

Here's a quick trick that often works for "thudding" bass strings.  Drop the
tension a lot - maybe a quarter turn of the tuning pin.  Play the note five
or six times, loudly (not too fast though; don't want to break strings).
Now, bring it back up to pitch.  You may notice a big improvement from
getting the crud out of the windings.

--Cy Shuster--
Rochester, MN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <trc3j@juno.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: New Tuner


> Thanks,
>
> I too went for the peterson. It just came last week so I still have time
> to send it back. I have read the manual and 'played' with it some. I am
> going to try to use it later today to 'tune' and old piano that belongs
> to a friend. It was given to them by a church last summer. Don't remember
> the brand. I have worked on it once before by ear just mainly for
> practice. I could tell that it was well below my tuning fork so I just
> tried to make it sound as good as I could within that range. My friends
> are not to picky about the outcome. They couldn't afford to buy a piano
> so they were happy to have one given to them and they are happy if I can
> get it to sound better that it did. It was difficult to get it to hold
> but I did manage to make it sound better. The bass strings were really
> dirty and just sort of thud. I am told that it sound bad again as I
> expected it would. I want to do the best I can for them so any advise
> would be appreciated. I realize from reading the other posts on here that
> I am currently in way over my head and you 'old' guys can feel free to
> have a nice chuckle at my expense. However, I have to start somewhere,
> right?
>
> Back to the Peterson. I think I can make it work for me but I am a little
> frustrated with it. Mainly by its size. I am not sure how to position it
> to get the best results. I think I will try it for a few tunings. The
> greater expense of a newer tech tuner is a little daunting right now.
>
> Tim
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