Hi Geoff, I'm no expert, but I find that some instruments don't respond so well to hard blows. If you find that your unisons are going sharp, you may be hitting too hard and creating stability problems. Or is it just the temperature change... This is a major factor with these instruments. Marcel Carey, RPT Sherbrooke, QC -----Message d'origine----- De : caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] De la part de Geoffrey Pollard Envoyé : 11 novembre 2006 07:37 À : College and University Technicians Objet : [CAUT] Fortepiano stability Hi all from Oz, I'm tuning 3 fortepianos for the Mozart triple piano concerto series this week and next, here in Sydney, for the leading baroque orchestra. Have just staggered home from Sat night after Friday night's first concert. Tuning stability was not good - and I am looking for any help from fellow CAUTs on techniques to nail tunings that will last more than one movement. I have about 2 hours pre-concert for tuning - 40 mins each. I'm hitting hard, and the 3 are becoming more obedient, but the arrival of 1.500 audience seems to unsettle them! Unison and octave drift. Any advice from fortepiano gurus out there? Thanks, Geoff Pollard Sydney Conservatorium of Music University of Sydney -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20061111/55b4290d/attachment.html
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