---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 1/4/2006 7:35:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, pianotune05@comcast.net writes: It's real hard to tune in a thrift store Marshall, One other possibility: Often pianos wind up in thrift stores because they have structural problems that make them untunable, such as a plate crack or separating pinblock. Since your experience is limited, you might miss feedback during tuning which will make this more obvious when you've tuned more. As far as the time it takes to tune, it takes as long as it takes. It isn't a matter for either shame or pride. Quality is what matters, although speed is desirable for a number of reasons, including avoiding fatigue. Speed comes with experience AND training. While there are specific speed skills that more experienced tuners can share with you, you also just need mileage. You mentioned losing time muting. Even if you were fully-sighted, I would suggest you learn some strip-muting. Especially on pitch adjustments, this will save lots of time and fumbling. You can also do things like leaving the tuning lever on the previous pin until you are ready to move it. I don't know if you are a PTG member. It might seem expensive to a tuner without much work, but it will be the best investment you can make. Happy learning, Bob Davis Stockton, CA ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/99/cb/cb/b2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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