---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 09:56 PM 08/29/2001 -0400, you wrote: >I do all my pitch raises using RCT, so I end up very close to pitch after the >first pass. If the piano is 50 cents flat or more, I have always warned the >client that a pitch-raised tuning is a less stable tuning, and that their >piano may need another tuning in 3 or 4 months. Rarely do they actually >call me in 3 months. Most often I come back in a year...OR TWO, and I am >usually surprised at how well the piano has stayed in tune. Not that the >piano doesn't need a tuning, but it's tolerable enough that I can understand >why I haven't been called back sooner. I suppose it's possible that the >piano did all its drifting in the first 3 months, and just stayed there, but >I'm starting to wonder about the conventional wisdom that a pitch-raised >tuning is less stable. > >Could it be that the use of the RCT negates the instability issue by virtue >of getting the piano so close to pitch after the first pass? > >Any thoughts? > >Tom Sivak If the piano is more than 8 cents off pitch it should be tuned a second time that day to even off the tension. Just think how well the piano will sound a few years later... Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jon.page@verizon.net http://www.stanwoodpiano.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b8/79/b9/f5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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