Working while tuning

[BobDavis88@aol.com]

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In a message dated 1/4/2006 8:44:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
pianotune05@comcast.net writes:
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?
Marshall,

A piano responds to pitch raising in a fairly predictable way. An experienced 
tuner expects a certain amount of rebound in pitch, and can often recognize a 
structural problem within a few minutes, based on an abnormal pitch drop 
while rough tuning, either over the whole scale, or sometimes in a particular 
area, like on both sides of a plate strut.

About strips - I use thick action cloth, cut tidily down the middle with a 
roller knife. I cut it all the way to the opposite end, except for about an 
inch. This leaves me a double-length strip. I use two of these, inserted 
alternately. That is, in a grand, I insert one strip on the left side of note 88, then 
on the left side of note 86, 84, etc. I go to the bottom of the tenor. Then I 
put the other strip on the left side of 87, 85, etc. to the bottom of the 
tenor. I continue through the bass. If it was, say, a 26-note bass, I'd put the 
strip on the left of 26, 24, 22, until running out of doubles. Tune one string 
on each note, yank one of the strips and tune one string of each unison, yank 
the other strip and tune the remaining unisons. This leaves very little rubber 
muting, and saves time. There is considerable discussion about whether this is 
satisfactory for fine tuning, but I'll leave that to you to decide later. 
It's certainly efficient for rough tuning. It will need to be adapted somewhat 
for verticals, but is still useful.

I am not sight-impaired, but I have tried this with my eyes closed, and it 
didn't take much longer than with them open.

Hope this helps.
Bob Davis

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