This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment So when you, David Ilvedson, tune unisons as you go, what's your muting procedure? I ask because I am constantly changing mine and I wonder how much variation there is and what the best practices are. Economy of movement, etc. [and btw, David Andersen, I apologize for misspelling your last name in the previous posting -- I know it irritates me (mildly) when people spell mine with an O instead of an E.] -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of David Ilvedson Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 3:41 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: RE: one rubber mute Listen...most of us can afford more than one mute, but David lives in a depressed area and maybe we should all chip in for another mute or maybe even a temp strip...;-] Seriously...(if that's possible)this is an old style tuning technique best left to the past, imho. Extremely ineffiecient unless, as David apparently has, one has the ability to get it right the first time. Otherwise retuning all strings with each tweek is...NUTS! again imho. I, on the other hand, also tune my unisons as I go but I have an SAT III which gets me quickly and accurately in nearly the right place every time. Gave up the temp strip years ago when it became apparent the middle string was changing by the time I got back to bringing in the outside strings. David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: jason kanter <jkanter@rollingball.com> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:22:33 -0800 Subject: one rubber mute Dave Anderson sez: I tune A440, then A220 to that, tuning the right string of each note first, then the middle, then the left. I check, usually with the F3 below, to see that I’m on pitch. Then I go ahead and set the temperament (F3 to F4), putting each note in relationship with its neighbors, tuning as I go. I make small adjustments to the notes through the practice of “shimming” the unisons, or “cracking” the unisons: say I’ve got 4 notes of the temperament tuned, and I decide the 2nd note I tuned needs to move a little. I move one outside string (usually) a slight, slight bit in the direction I want it to go, then match it with the middle string, and check where it is. If I like it, I leave it; if I don’t, I move it some more. WHen I'm in the temperament section, I'm constantly using reference strings for checks -- testing fifths with the major sixth below the lower note of the fifth, for example. How do you do this efficiently using a single rubber mute? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jason Kanter . piano tuning regulation repair jkanter@rollingball.com . cell 425 830 1561 serving the eastside and the san juans ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/45/78/f3/d0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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