Hello, I am a French piano Tuner & technician, and just put me on the CAUT list, because I may take care of 30 pianos in a conservatory (Paris). As a new direction is just jumping in now, we will try to setup routine maintenance and tunings. I am about to make a document with a description of the state of the instruments, and the repair needed. Beside, I've find the CAUT new workload formula very interesting, downloaded the Excel version, and then I try to use it to input data. I wish I could give that to my customers, so they will have a good tool for decisions. I have 2 problems : The computation does not seem to work at all, but the number of pianos (the only cell changing) in the Excel Worksheet I just downloaded. I'd like to change the presentation of the worksheet, but it is locked and ask a password. Could D. Porrit allow me to unlock this work, and may be modify it. If yes I would be very grateful. Then actually I can't understand exactly what is the "recommended workload" meaning . I wish I could give clear explanations to my customers, and by now I just can't (but I will read again the original text, as I have read it some years before) Do some of you have a simple model in Excel (or a Database) format for planning the tunings schedule, repairs and regulation, (and of course keep information about it) I am not so good at programming, even Excel, and could possibly use something existent. Thanks in advance for your help. With kind Regards. Isaac OLEG > -----Message d'origine----- > De : owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]De la part de Thomas > D. Seay, III > Envoyé : jeudi 25 octobre 2001 22:54 > À : caut@ptg.org > Objet : Re: Sharp key height > > > Hi John, > > At our school, we routinely set sharp height at 1/2". I don't suppose > lowering the sharp height to accomodate the preference of one pianist > or another would make much difference, so long as the sharps don't > "bury" between the naturals and key dip isn't compromised. If you > happen to have a keyboard with those wretched .095 keytops, you might > get into some trouble lowering the sharps, but otherwise, go for it. > > Tom Seay > > >What height do folks prefer on sharps? Although I've seen 1/2" is > >common, this feels just a bit too high for my liking. Some pianists will > >find "something" they just don't quite like about the 1/2", but > they don't > >know exactly what the problem is. I prefer just under 1/2 at 12mm, or > >slightly higher than 15/32" > > > >Comments? > > > >John Minor > >University of Illinois > > > Tom Seay > Piano Tech Office > School of Music > The University of Texas at Austin > (512) 232-2072 > mailto:t.seay@mail.utexas.edu > > >
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