mutes

[Richard Gullion]

What matter is 1.5 minutes, 30 seconds. You can still tune a piano in the 
same amount of time. You charge probably 100.00 plus, what it is the 
differance in time???????????????
Do we charge by the minute, or by the tuning. I charge by the tuning.


>From: "John Formsma" <formsma at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: mutes
>Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:55:26 -0600
>
>It only takes me 1 to 1.5 minutes to strip mute a piano, sometimes 30 sec
>longer on verticals since you have to get the mute behind the dampers. And
>sometimes longer because of being tired or not focused.
>
>Time-wise, you save a lot not having to move mutes around. Plus, if you
>double strip, you can tune by whole tones moving up, then down a section
>(tuning unisons, that is).
>
>JF
>
>On 2/27/07, RicB <ricb at pianostemmer.no> wrote:
>>
>>Hi Allen
>>
>>Actually,  uprights is what I started using just rubber mutes on.
>>Getting the strip on was always just a pain in the patootey and it just
>>didnt seem to be worth the time to dig the thing out of my bag, put it
>>in, do the temperament and whip it off again.  Once in a while a rubber
>>mute slips and I have to dig it out of the damper levers... but you get
>>used to avoiding that.
>>
>>I remember years ago going into a music store in the north Seattle area
>>called Prossers (I think thats how its spelled) I watched this guy strip
>>mute the entire piano... took him ten minutes all in all.  I just didnt
>>( and still dont) get the point. Seems counter productive to me.  But,
>>different strokes. In the end if you get good results its not so
>>important I guess.
>>
>>Cheers
>>RicB
>>
>>
>>     Ric,
>>
>>     I'm curious, do you use the same method on uprights as well? I don't
>>     use strips on grands, but prefer to on uprights, because I don't like
>>     dealing with the gravity issues (mutes falling out or drooping down
>>     onto the dampers, etc.).
>>
>>     Allen Wright
>>
>>

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