On 02/02/2011 09:18 PM, Mr. Mac's wrote: > On Feb 2, 2011, at 8:26 PM, Duaine Hechler wrote: > > >> … I once tuned a piano that was >> nearly 300 cents flat. As I started from A0 and kept going up the scale, >> I - would - do some checks - which sounded horrible. My mentor said >> "trust me, by the time you get to the end, it will change enough on its >> own to sound really good." >> >> Sure enough, by the time I was done, in - one - pass, the checks sounded >> pretty descent and the overall tuning was pretty damn good. … >> > Duaine, > > I just don't accept the results you claim. > And no credible mentor in the Piano Technicians Guild > would claim the piano you describe would "sound really good" in one pass. > > With the best rendering possible, the best tuning pin responses, > the best tuning lever technique, the most accurate pitch raising feature > currently known in the industry, a person is not going to > achieve anything remotely sounding like a "pretty d*** good" tuning. > Just not going to happen. > > The most that can possibly be achieved in one pass > is to hopefully land somewhere in the remote vicinity of A440. > That alone would be a spectacular accomplishment > for a nearly 300 cents flat piano. > > Sincerely, > > Keith McGavern, RPT > The only thing I can say to this is: borrow a Cybertuner and a flat piano and prove it to yourself. Done -- 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 - 11 years
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