I agree that it is faster to tune a piano by going over it twice than belabor the first pass. Sometimes, the notes just move! My first pass with Cybertuner takes about 25 minutes. I then put the laptop back in its case and do the second pass by ear. It just takes a few minutes to take care of anything I think I can improve upon. It also takes another few minutes to touch up the voicing using a single needle through the top of the strings. I find that about 80% of the effort in making a piano sound better is that last few minutes I spend voicing. The whole service call, including cleaning keys and dusting, takes 45-60 minutes. When you tune string by string (instead of muting entire sections) you can catch your mistakes (in the unisons) faster. If I spent more than an hour in someones house, my clients would think that there was something majorly wrong with their piano or with me! Carol Beigel, RPT Greenbelt, Maryland ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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