Pitch Raising to A440.......Or Not?

[Farrell]

Nice to hear from you Patrick. There are many non-RPTs on this list just
trying to progress forward. Like me! I have finally learned one splice knot.
I carry a photo-copy of the various stages of tying it in my string tool
box. I don't worry about referring to it. If a customer looks cross-eyed at
me for looking at it during a repair, I just give them some kind of garbage
about being soo good at pitch raising that I so seldom break a string (ha,
ha). Good luck. Someone with more experience than me will convey some good
tips for tying splice knots.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Greene" <greeneguy63@mindspring.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: Pitch Raising to A440.......Or Not?


> I did not get this message until today.  I am located in Knoxville
> Tennessee.  I work a lot in rural areas where the people think that tuning
a
> piano once every 5 years is a lot.  As a consequence, I am seeing a lot of
> old uprights with rusted strings.  I did not realize there was a way to
> combat this.  Thank you very much for this information.
>  I have been a lurker for a couple of years on pianotech and have
thoroughly
> enjoyed the many millions of posts <g>.  I have been busy trying to get my
> BS in business and have not had the time to join PTG.  I fully intend to
do
> it, but feel a little worried that I would have a hard time passing the
> exam.  It is not the tuning part that I am worried about.  It is the
string
> tying test.  I am terrible at replacing strings and/or tying them for that
> matter, therefore I feel that I would not pass that part of the test.
> But I really appreciate all the advice I have gotten on here the past two
> years and hope that you guys don't think less of me because I am not an
RPT
> yet.
>
> Thanks!
> Patrick
>