tuning speed

[David Love]

My time varies with the piano, how out of tune it is and the ease with which
it renders, but it averages about an hour for me, a little more with a pitch
raise.  I can go through the piano in 30 minutes when pressed but I don't
see the need.  Of course, if it's a piano I tune frequently (concert type)
sometimes I can "tune" it in 15 minutes.

David Love

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Kanter" <jkanter@rollingball.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: January 11, 2002 7:45 AM
Subject: tuning speed


> Bill Bremer says:
> > My usual time for a 2 pass tuning is 30-45 minutes.  I can easily raise
the
> > pitch of a piano 20-50 cents in 3 passes in one hour.
>
> When I was learning this trade (early 70s) my brain was "stamped" with the
> notion that you had to allow 90 minutes to 2 hours for a two-pass tuning,
> and the preferred method for pitch raising was to do a 30-minute single
pass
> extra sharp, then come back a week later for a normal, rather long tuning.
>
> How have people gotten so much faster? What's changed?
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