This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Run of the mill tuning, usually faster -- the ship rises with the tide, = no matter the size of the anchor, or where they built the A-440 dock. = Critical stuff takes time, but a good tuning & then short, frequent = checks to knock off the high spots will save you time in the long run. Otto Piano Technician University of Idaho 208-885-7918 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Ilvedson=20 To: caut@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 10:49 PM Subject: Re: Floating pitch Wim, If you are going to change the pitch any real amount...3 cents or = more...you really need to go through the piano twice. Do you? If you = are bringing the piano to pitch in one shot and pleased with yourself = that your keeping it at pitch, I wouldn't bet on the stability...I = definitely float the pitch up to 4 cents either direction.=20 That being said, do any of you CAUT techs find you can get more = accomplished by quicker/speed tunings more often or careful tunings less = often? David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: <Wimblees@aol.com> To: <caut@ptg.org> Received: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:44:40 EDT Subject: Re: Floating pitch In a message dated 8/28/02 2:17:31 PM Central Daylight Time, = kswafford@earthlink.net writes:=20 Here David has finally tried a technique that results in measurably = better,=20 more stable tunings, and you, just in your 2nd year as a CAUT, try = to=20 introduce doubts. Shame on you, Wim. Pitch floating makes sense; = hold out as=20 long as you like, but you're going to like it when you finally try = it! :)=20 Congratulations, David. Hang in there.=20 Kent Swafford=20 Kent=20 It's not in my 1 + years as a CAUT that I have had this philosophy. I = have always maintained that pianos should be tuned to the correct pitch. = In my opinion, that is what we are paid to do. I know it's more work, = but I'm sorry you guys, I just can't j Isn't that what we spent a lot of time discussing last spring, how = much our workload is effected by humidity controls, (or rather the lack = of it). If we maintain that poor humidity and temperature control is = effecting how much work we do, and then com Now, I realize that for those of you who get paid a set fee by the = piano, you want to get through as quickly as possible. Otherwise, as = David pointed out, he winds up doing more work for less pay. I don't = know the answer for that, other than negotiate As usual, I am probably all alone with this thinking. But that's my = story, and I'm sticking to it. :)=20 Wim=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/2a/53/5b/64/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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