stability of pitch raises

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

    Ron, as a matter of fact, I have done the occasional ssssllllooowwww
pitch raise. Usually when I'm trying to get it as close as possible on the
first pass.  You know,, 20% overshoot in the bass, 33% in the low tenor, 25%
for the rest. It does come out a little better, even on big PR's at least
one section doesn't even need touching, and the rest just a yank here and
there. Takes about 25 minutes though, which is too much time for a pitch
raise really....


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: stability of pitch raises


> > I was taught to pitch correct (up or down) very
> >quickly to keep the piano from "settling" out of tune.
>
> We probably all were, but does it really make a difference to anything but
> our hourly wage? Have any of you tried a sssssslllllooooooowwwww pitch
> raise, either aurally or ETD driven, to see if the end result was
> noticeably different? Hands?
>
>
>
> > After following the
> >thread on plate compression and soundboard movement, I'm thinking that
> >almost all that occurs during the pitch correction.
>
> Me too, regardless of whether the tuning computer is silicon or meat
based.
>
>
> Ron N