Hi Avery, This email actually turned up at 3.20 p.m. U.K. time. Yes half noting is going up in semitones pulling each semitone up to pitch, actually the term we use for doing that on a restrung piano is called "putting the strain on" we tend to take between twlve and fifteen minutes. When I did my training stints, at Kembles-Yamaha and Bentleys the guys there who strained all the time were incredibly fast. There was a rumer at College that if you followed the profession of a chipper upper in a factory because you are working at such a high speed, and stress level, you end up talking with a stutter. The rough tuners at Kembles were expected to do 15 to 20 pianos a day, I was toning and I was expected to tune and tone 6 a day. Luckily I was only their for three weeks. At Bentleys, I was the fine tuner, there wasn't as much pressure at Bentleys, you were expected to do four a day in your first week and then as many as you could after your first week, I got up to 8 a day in my sixth week when I left. Both places were depressing, you were placeed in a tuning booth no windows one horrible artificial light and all the days work in front of you. The only time when you saw life when you had finished All the pianos the portrers would remove them and fill it up again. I will find out about Mr. Elliot. Regards, Barrie. In article <v01530507af2a86951c04@[129.7.16.148]>, Avery Todd <atodd@UH.EDU> writes >Barrie, > > Terminology again. By "half note it" do you mean just going up aurally a >half step at a time? That's basically the way I do my first chipping after >a restringing job. > BTW, we have Christopher Elton from London doing a Masterclass and a >recital here on March 4th. He's the Head of Keyboard Studies at the Royal >Academy of Music in London. Do you (or anyone else) know anything about >him? Just curious. > >Avery > >>Every so often take the tension off the back and half note it starting >>by setting all your "A"s to pitch. Starting at the base if you are >>left handed or the top treble if you are right handed, and half note >>the >>piano. The "A"s are there to make sure you don't go too sharp or that >>you are not pulling it up enough. I can half note a piano in 12 minutes >>on a good day. I don't have perfect pitch. >> >>Regards, >> >>Barrie. > >_____________________________________ >Avery Todd, RPT >Moores School of Music >University of Houston >713-743-3226 >atodd@uh.edu >_____________________________________ > > > -- Barrie Heaton | Be Environmentally Friendly URL: http://www.airtime.co.uk/forte/piano.htm | To Your Neighbour The UK PIano Page | pgp key on request | HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED
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