[pianotech] Pitch raise criteria

[Gerald Groot]

That's true.  Don't sweat it.  I have a cousin that is also an RPT and a
darn good tuner that has been in it as long as I have yet, he just cannot
tune a piano in less than 2 hours.   Well, okay, 1.5 on a GOOD day.  He can
tune as good as anyone else or better than some but just can't get over the
slow speed mode.  

 

The only problem I see with being stuck in the slow speed mode is the amount
of money one can make in one day verses another tuner.  I'm just one of the
lucky ones I guess.  

 

As I mentioned, I was taught to raise pitch as quickly as possible.  That is
one key to dropping tuning time.  Get it up there.  To many people try and
fine tune it at the same time during a major pitch raise.  I always keep in
mind that I have to go over it a 2nd time in many cases.  

 

Over the years, being able to guess where it will land on a 1 or 2 tone
pitch raise will come naturally when tuning aurally.  But, none of us is
perfect at that guessing game either. it is nice owning RCT, Tunelab or
whatever for that very reason.  At least, the pitch correction is (almost)
always darn close leaving no guess work as to where we're going to set it.
That can be a time saver.   



Jer Groot

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Terry Farrell
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 5:25 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Pitch raise criteria

 

Don't sweat it too much Rob. Some of us seem to never really get into the
"high speed" category. Now maybe there's something wrong with me (well, we
KNOW that!) but I've been tuning pianos for more than ten years now and on a
regular basis it take me two hours to do a full pitch raise and tuning on a
piano that has been neglected from some years. If the piano is up to pitch,
it usually takes me 75 minutes to tune it - sometimes, if the piano is very
cooperative, I can do it in an hour.

 

These guys that pitch raise, tune and repair a piano in one hour (and do
good work), have skills and techniques beyond what I have. I wish I could
work that fast. I've gone to the speed classes and the techniques I've tried
just haven't worked for me.

 

Terry Farrell

 

On Aug 1, 2009, at 10:24 PM, John Formsma wrote:





On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Rob McCall <rob at mccallpiano.com> wrote:



Jer,

I still don't see how you can do all that in an hour! :-) I'm still taking
about 2 hours, sometimes 10-15 minutes longer on the more difficult pianos.
I guess my time will come down with more experience.

 



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