The CAUT guidline sugessed about 40 to 80 pianos for each technician,actually,many caut technicians are overloaded.For those overladed technicians,floating pitch is an excellent way to keep the pianos in a reasonal shape. Baoli --- Jeff Tanner <jtanner@mozart.music.sc.edu> wrote: > What Doug and Eric said, ditto for me, word for > word. When I started here, > I tried to fight for 440 and quickly learned that I > was creating 5 times > more work by doing so, just making the mountain > taller and the quicksand > softer. Then, I purchased an SAT III this year, and > that has improved the > process another 100%. I just measure a note or two, > hit the "reset" > button, choose my memory file and take off. > Stability has been MUCH > improved. I'm not climbing the mountain yet, but > don't feel as deep in the > quicksand. > > Jeff > U of South Carolina > > >I let pitch float here too, except onstage of > course. It saves time and > >aggravation at both ends and the instruments are > far more stable. There are > >many pianos not used here over the summer which I > don't touch until the > >weather changes in the fall. The overall stability > of the tunings I then do > >is greatly enhanced. The faculty and administration > here understand this > >tactic and are supportive of it. Of course, if > anyone has a specific need > >for A-440 in the summer I will accommodate them. > > > >Eric > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Eric Wolfley > >Head Piano Technician > >Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music > >University of Cincinnati > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
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