Every single one of those middle strings have changed by the time you bring in the outside strings... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: PianoForteTechnologies <pianofortetechnology at saol.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 8/4/2009 6:30:55 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Advantages/Disadvantages of muting techniques >Thank you to all of you that have answered. > >With uprights, I strip mute the middle, tune the middle and then tune the >unisons for the middle. >I also do one pass pitch raises and tuning like this. I then tune the >treble unisons and then the bass unisons as I go. A lot of the pianos I >tune are anywhere from 10 - 50 cents flat. So this gives me room to pitch >raise and tune. In one sitting. > >On grands I strip mute the entire grand, tune the center string for every >note and then tune the unisons. I have tried once or twice just tuning >unisons as I go but did not pursue this because I was slower than I usual. > >I do like what Ed said with regard to what maters, the end result, >stability, stability, stability. > >I think I will re-try the unisons as you go and persist with it and see? > >Thank you, > >Best regards, > >Mark Davis
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