Hi Corte, Do you have a back cover on your upright? How old is it? What is the variation in temperature in the room in which it is stored? Try to synchronize your impacts with the key striking the note rather than doing multiblows. Tune from above pitch rather than approaching from below. At 07:37 AM 8/19/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Don (and everyone), > >Ok, in my case, I'm a fairly new tuner (and a part-time tuner at that). My >own piano is a Yamaha U1 and I have a Dampp-Chaser system installed. I >tune my piano about every 2 or 3 months and each time before I tune, when I >measure with my Verituner, all notes seem to be off by 2 or 3 cents? So, >in my opinion, the piano goes out of tune enough in 2-3 months that I feel >it necessary to retune. Many times, I notice unisons starting to go out >slightly after only a few weeks of playing (the piano gets played daily). >Would most of you experienced tuners consider this normal or would you >expect a piano with a Dampp-Chaser to remain in tune for longer? In your >opinion, should an experienced tuner be able to get a tuning that stays >right on for 6 months or is this asking too much? > >I use a nicely designed impact hammer for uprights and a special T-impact >hammer for grands. As I move the pin, I'm playing the note once every >second or two and playing each note maybe 6-8 times with a forte blow >before I feel everything is settled and stabilized. I'm not a fast tuner >by any means. I always do two passes - a 30 minute pitch raise followed by >a fine tuning. It takes be about 2 hours to do a pitch raise and fine >tuning. Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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