---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Bob, Thanks for the note. When you mention that I might miss feedback during tuning, what do you mean? Do you mean feedback from customers, the store staff, or the piano's various issues? I've thought about trying strip muting again. The red fel I obtained from my Poter course is sometimes a pain to work with, and no Joe, I'm not slamming Randy Potter. I'm just stating a fact since this is the only temperment felt I have. I thought about buying that green action cloth. For some reason I have trouble muting in the trebble and getting the loops right in the bass because the bi chord unisons are so close together, I have trouble knowing which two pare up. The fatness of the strings makes it a challange. Is crackig the unisons a farely new method, or is it popular among technicians? The good thing about tuning at that thrift store was that I could hand out business cards to whomever approached me. I did have one kid standing on my briefcase that was lieing on its side. I kindly told his mother that next time I'll have a tool box for him to stand on. She yanked him away like an eagle yanks it's prey from its resting place. I told her in a friendly way to go easy on him, he just wants to learn. Marshall -------------- Original message -------------- From: BobDavis88@aol.com 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/4a/ac/7e/4f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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