No-Listen Pitch Raise, was: Advice on a half tone pitch raise

[Phil Bondi]

..from the world of 'different strokes"..

Don wrote:

>- The pin you "deaf tune" should be the last one normally tuned on a three
>string unison.
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In my instruction, it was the 2nd one..not the last..

>I'll end with a question. Can some guru out there explain *why* in the
>short term deaf tuning allows larger pitch corrections in two passes--yet
>appears to lead to, in long terms, less stable unisons in those areas that
>it is used? I find the difference quite dramatic and quite clearly defined
>to the area of the piano where I have used it.
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I haven't experienced this Don. I perform the 'deaf' tuning technique 
around 4-5 times a year in a client's home, and more often on the 
dealership floor(trade-ins) and have never experienced this.

PS - I certainly am no guru.

Phil Bondi(Fl)