It takes practice. You have to think fast, hear fast, and turn the pins fast. No testing or setting the pins--just do it. Now, I must say, however, that I do not routinely do a PR in 10-15 minutes. My fastest has been around 10-11, but usually I take 15-18 minutes, which seems to be easier on me. It also gives better results for me. There are several good techniques that I use, most of which I received during one of the classes on aural pitch raising by Dan Levitan. I believe his procedure is this after strip muting the piano: 1) 1 minute or less temperament. 2) Tune the middle section, middle strings only. 3) Then remove one of the strips from the middle (he uses one tapered strip, but you can use two narrow strips also); tune one of the outside strings in the middle section. 4) He leaves two open strings in the treble. Once the two strings of the middle are tuned, move to the treble and note approx. how many beats there are when the upper two strings are sounding with the lower tuned strings. Raise the middle string to approximate those beats. Do that with each middle string up to the top. (I believe that is called "pitch shimming.) 5) Tune the two outside strings of each note in the treble. 6) Tune the remaining middle section strings. 7) Tune the bass. The above is easier to see demonstrated than it is to describe it. The bottom line is that you want to reduce as many motions as possible and spend 2.5 seconds or less on each pin. It comes down to technique and mental focus, not to mention lots of practice. :-) John M. Formsma Blue Mountain, MS PTG Associate, Memphis Chapter mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Leslie W Bartlett Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 4:41 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: Charging for Pitch Raises How in the world to people do pitch raises in 10-15 minutes???????????? les bartlett houston ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
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