Speed

[Billbrpt@AOL.COM]

I'm sure you have and will get many interesting responses to this.  There is 
a Lutheran Church & school that has me tune all of its 10 pianos every year 
on the same day in October when the teachers are all at a seminar and the 
children are home.  I have had this account for over 20 years.  At first, I 
tuned 5 one day then the rest the next but for many years now, I tune them 
all in one day.

I also have maintained them in other ways with cleaning, minor repairs, 
voicing and regulation as needed.  I would usually select one to do some 
extended work on and the rest got tuning and perhaps a few other things.  
They are all quite stable now so I usuall finish all 10 in less than 8 hours.

This however is an exception.  While my usual time for tuning is 45 minutes 
to an hour, I can spend much longer on a concert tuning and have in the past, 
spent all day or as I did in Providence, took several days to "work up" a 
tuning.

One thing that I can say for sure is that I have never really finished tuning 
a piano, I have only quit working when time has run out.  The state of 
absolute perfection in a tuning is a near impossibility.

Bill Bremmer RPT
Madison, Wisconsin