The every-other-note sharp/flat thing is so that the overall tension won't change making the piano unstable. If the whole piano were to be tuned flat then it would be a pitch-raise tuning and I don't think that's the purpose of the test. To me, a pitch raise is not a high level skill. If one can tune a piano to RPT standards one can certainly pitch raise. dave _______________________ David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of ITUNEPIANO at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 7:12 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: Here comes the pitch I've always said that RPT's should be re-tested every 5 years. Doesn't have to be a formal test, simply tuning a piano prior to a meeting for the group to hear would suffice. Also, the RPT tuning tests don't simulate a real tuning. They don't test for pitch raises, which is 70 percent of what I do. And..I've never seen a piano where every other note is sharp, and the others are flat. Stability aside, the tests should approximate what we do every day, and they don't. Do I see a council proposal for next year??? Perhaps. Bob. ________________________________ See what's free at AOL.com <http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503> . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070710/ed67816e/attachment.html
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