Kerry wrote: > > Marshall, > > You’ve had some good advice, and I’d like to elaborate on it a little. > I remember the first piano I tuned completely took me over four hours. > Now it takes me about an hour, and the way I remember improving my > speed was to divide up the amount of time I had to spend into > sections: temperament, octaves and unisons (ETD tuners can modify this > as desired ;-) The point is to break the time up into manageable > chunks, which makes it much easier to stay on schedule. When I was > doing a lot of concert work, classical and other, this technique > helped me meet time constraints more than anything else. If you know > you only have 10 minutes for the temperament, you can avoid > nit-picking and you’ll end up with enough time to do the unisons > right, which I consider the most important and obvious part of most > tunings. Plan your tuning and tune to your plan. Good luck and keep at > it – it takes time to build up a good tuning business. > > > > Kerry Kean > > www.ohiopianotuner.com <http://www.ohiopianotuner.com/> > My actual tuning time is getting faster BUT .... When is anyone going to comment of mute moving, technique, etc. And if it makes any difference, I tune with Cybertuner. Thanks to anyone that chimes in, Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years
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