Strip muting problem #2

[Oleg Isaac]

Hello André,

I  think of the whole piano muting.

It is impossible if the piano, is not really near pitch (4 cts) 

I found it convenient and as easy as you say, I appreciate the tuning of
the unissons, very even this way, but I can't have an overall sensation
of the final sound and that bothers me.

I will try that again later..

Have a nice day.

Back to work

Greetings from

Isaac

method of str

Antares wrote:
> 
> >I posted this earlier to the pianotech board, but it did not show up. Perhaps
> >there was an e-mail mix-up. I thought I would try it again.
> 
> Hello Bill Simon and List,
> 
> I would like to add something to this issue of muting a piano or not.
> Let me first tell you that I started out tuning with three rubber mutes. I have tuned like this for aproximately 18 years.
> About 7 years ago, I received my first training at a Japanese Piano Academy, and it was there that I changed my mind about using three rubber mutes.
> During this first "Japanese encounter" I learned to use a strip mute for the middle section of the piano.
> About 2,5 years ago I had my second training in Japan and it was then that I changed my mind again. This time I learned to mute the entire instrument, except the bass strings.
> First of all, there is this very handy Japanese wooden tool to push the long mute inbetween the unisons, it was especially designed for this purpose, and is probably for sale in most piano shops.
> 
> What is so special about muting the entire instrument?
> Well, the middle string of each unison is the best string for tuning.... by muting all unisons (except the bass strings) we only use the middle strings.
> If we start tuning the temperament, we usually have only one octave, or one octave and a half.
> I use the one octave temperament, meaning, that by muting the unisons I "only" tune 13 strings.
> This gives me the opportunity to easily correct myself if I make mistakes. My temperament thus takes about a couple of minutes only and the result is fairly accurate (because of the mute).
> After having made the temperament, I turn left to the bass. That very difficult part of the piano (with the longest steel strings) becomes "a piece of cake" while listening to one string, and especially so, if we know the right intervals to aid us in making a correct tuning.
> In the bass we have only two strings per unison and finally just one string, so it is not really necessary to mute this section.
> After having finished the temperament and bass section, I turn right into the treble.
> I still have only one string per unison, and it is a pleasure to listen to and very easy for tuning too.
> It is amazing how much more we can concentrate because of this procedure.
> And...finishing the basic tuning with a mute thus becomes "two pieces of cake".
> It is a very safe and fast method..mistakes on the way up can easily be corrected.
> After having done all this, tuning the remaining unison "becomes three pieces of cake"...we can relax and concentrate on "setting the pins" and we do not have to worry anymore about the tuning being correct or not...we have already made a perfect tuning, finishing the unisons becomes a pleasurable way of earning easy money! (to buy a piece of cake for your partner or a friend)
> I have no more questions.....
> 
> Friendly greetings from :
> 
> CONCERT PIANO SERVICE
> André Oorebeek
> Amsterdam, the Netherlands
> 
> ‰  where MUSIC is no harm can be  ‰


Hello André,