I'm reluctant to speak for others, but it seems rather clear to me that the unnamed OP asked two distinct questions. One was about analyzing a piano prior to tuning it. The second one relates to tuning stability in the process of tuning... not in pre-tuning analysis. I originally read the questions rather quickly and was likewise confused... why do you want to set pins before you tune? So I re-read the post and discovered the second question... actually second and third questions, which the third is mostly just a re-wording of the second. Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>wrote: > Terry is right, but for showing up and doing a quick pitch-raise pass on > an obvious "beater", if you really want to know, you should get your trip's > worth, anyhow. But if you want to try to check without a full tuning, check > those pins that are A) closest together B) nearest the edge of the block 3) > in the low bass. (Most likely to be loose.) And do a quick run up the > keyboard for notes so out of tune that they might have "spinning pins", and > check those. > > Thumpe > > ------------------------------ > * From: * pianolover 88 <pianolover88 at hotmail.com>; > * To: * PIANOTECH at PTG.ORG <pianotech at ptg.org>; > * Subject: * Re: [pianotech] How to analyze an existing tuning > * Sent: * Wed, Dec 19, 2012 9:44:48 PM > > For the time it would take to "analyze/test *each* pin & string", you > could just tune it! > > > Terry "UniGeezer" Peterson > "Over 50, and not '2' Tired!" > www.unigeezer.com <http://unigeezer.com/> > > > ------------------------------ > From: pianofortetechnology at saol.com > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:48:23 +0200 > Subject: [pianotech] How to analyze an existing tuning > > May I ask you folks how you analyze a piano before you tune it, your > procedure? Also in particular I would like to know how one analyzes, for > example, each tuning pin/string of a note though that particular note is > showing/sounding as a clean sounding octave and unison? Though it sounds > good, how does one analyze/test each pin & string to make sure it is > actually solid & stable? > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121219/63228278/attachment.htm>
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