I also use two mutes and tune unisons as I go. It's potentially faster but more importantly is the stability of the unison. imho... David Ilvedson ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: Don <pianotuna@yahoo.com> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> Received: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 14:03:41 Subject: Re: [CAUT] More re. Unison Tuning >Hi Jim, >I use only two mutes for tuning and do unisons as you go for the >temperament. Sorry--I forgot to mention that. It saves me about 20 minutes >per tuning over strip muting. >At 02:49 PM 3/7/2005 -0500, you wrote: >>I see we don't all agree. That's OK. I strip mute only the middle of the >>piano when I tune, but not the treble, as some people do. When I tune the >>treble, I tune unisons as I go, but I tune octaves by single string to >>single string to avoid the situations we talked about earlier. >>Mime-Version: 1.0 >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >>When I tune all the unisins in the middle of the scale, I pull the strip >>mute out, and use a single rubber mute. I mute the left string and tune >>right string to center string. I move the mute up one unison, which now >>mutes right string of the lower unison and left srting of the one above it, >>and tune left string of lower unison and right string of upper unison, and >>so on. This minimizes my mute moving, allows me to go faster, and it >>allows me to individually tune the side strings to the middle string >>without the others sounding. For me, it reduces the accumulating error I >>would otherwise have. When I'm done, I go back and check then all. If I >>find a unison that is not really clean, I fix it. >> >>The reason I said one can obtain better results by tuning individual >>strings to the center strings is that it reduces accumulating error. In >>the event one ends up with a side string with a plus error and the opposite >>side string with a minus error, resulting in a slow beat with all strings >>open, that can be corrected. That routine works for me. >> >>Sincerely, Jim Ellis >> >>_______________________________________________ >>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005 >> >> >Regards, >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. >Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat >mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ >3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 >306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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