At 03:07 PM 11/4/2001 -0600, you wrote: >You have to >reduce the overset through the section in error about 10% and then go >back up to the original overset. > >Does anybody have ideas on this? > >Warren Well, Warren, since I don't carry around any of the little machines, I'd just aurally tune the mess away, and tell them that it will need a tuning again soon, to improve the stability. I usually say "6 months or sooner if it bothers you." Some do, some don't, some do but not within the 6 months -- it's really not my problem, once the advice has been given. If a piano is this far down, I make the first pass AT 440 without overpull, and then I make the second pass with overpull gradually increasing in octaves 5 and 6, and then tapering off. The third pass I try to do a normal tuning, and see what I get. The overpulling isn't as exact as the machines can do, but one ends up guessing pretty well after enough experience. The main thing is to do the initial passes quickly. I usually get away with only two passes in the bass, but I usually need to find a few strays in the treble, even after three passes. I explain to the owner that the pitch is still a moving target, and the next tuning will probably be better. Having just watched me attack the thing, they understand when I tell them that they can't make up for a couple of decades of neglect in one sitting. Susan
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