John; While "all" my tunings don't meet your 45 minute criteria I will attempt to answer. :-) In a message dated 5/17/2000 12:22:10 AM, John F. wrote: <<"Would all your tunings pass the tuning exam for the RPT test,">> Of course not...but then some of those..possibly 'most' of those pianos would not be suitable for testing purposes. <<"or are some below par?">> Valuation judgement here John :-) can you do an 'on par' tuning on a Grand spinet? <<"If no, how do you justify leaving a piano below "minimal" standards?".. see above. <<"Do you tune that fast for concerts,">> Depending(s) on time, needs of the piano, etc. <<" or just for "lower-end" tunings?">> Define "lower end tunings" Some pianos don't deserve much...........but even when I do a quick tuning I will go over each piano two times once to get it in 'tune' and once to "tune it". <<"How long do you spend on temperament, octaves, unisons?">> How long is a piece of string? Each challenge is different...isn't it? But.... generally I believe I try to get as good a temperament as reasonably possible and probably spend more time there than anywhere. <<"How even is the piano? I.e., are all the intervals ascending/descending evenly?">> As even as reasonably possible given instrument, condition etc. as to the latter part of the question..No. But they are as close as circumstance allows. <<"What kind of stability is achieved?">> I don't have very many complaints about stability so I suppose it is fairly decent. :-) <<"How are your unisons? Three strings perfectly tuned, really close, or what?">> Well this ain't no simple answer and anyone who said their 45 minute tuning of a thingee like the 1098 was "perfect" or in some instances even "really close" I would be dubious of...course I would never expect to do a good tuning on a 1098 in 45 minutes.......... <<"Do you concentrate mostly on good unisons and octaves?">> Good solid unisions....as for "good octaves" we'd have to discuss what makes a"good octave". <<"Any other thing I have left out?">> Probably :-) Jim Bryant (FL)
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