Muting behaviour

[Peg Browne]

As with all things in life, you become good and efficient at what you know
best.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kristinn Leifsson" <istuner@islandia.is>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 4:49 PM
Subject: Muting behaviour


Hi,

As some of you may know, one has to meddle a little bit around with a
temperament in order to get it working.

That´s why I raised an eyebrow when a colleague of mine told me he tuned
only using two mutes.  No temperament strip, so when he does the
temperament he has to tune all the strings of a given unison, and then
tunes the next note.
Now, if he has to change a note, (which is quite normal when tuning
temperament as you know) he has to tune all the unisons again!  He says it
doesn´t take more time, that the time of putting the strip in weighs
against the time it takes to tune all the strings all the time.

This is as rheumatic as two dry toasts, I feel.  (plagiarized from
Shakespeare)

What do you think?  Do any of you do this?


Kristinn