When you feel you need to chip the top octave, try a Dunlop L thumb pick, not the kind where the pick part is an extension of the thumb; but the one that seems to wrap around the thumb. Use it on your index finger,opposite hand from the one on the tuning lever. Joy! Elwood Doss, Jr. Technical Director/Piano Technician Department of Music University of Tennessee at Martin :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Borgstrom" <orchman@attbi.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:17 PM Subject: tuning the treble aurally > another newbie question: > > I can set an equal temperament quite well for a beginner and have no > trouble with the bass, tenor and low treble strings. But I have a > horrible time in the last octave, not with tuning the center string, > but with tuning the left and right strings to center. Such minute > movements of the lever!! Sometimes I even have to "chip" the strings > with a guitar pick I bring along to tell if I'm too high or too low. > erk!! > > I know it is a matter of practice, 'cause I can do it, but it takes a > lot of time. Something that Ron Nossaman said really helped with my > speed of tuning the rest of the piano, he reminded me not to "listen > past the resolution of the particular piano". Words of wisdom, indeed, > because the very next piano I tuned was a well cared for grand that was > hovering around A 440 and just needed a normal fine tuning, not a 100 > cent pitch raise like some of the lesser cared for pianos I had tuned > prior to this nice grand. Tuned it so it sounded great in an hour, > which I was really proud of. The lesser expensive verticals I tuned > AFTER that grand came together quite a bit quicker due to his advice! > > So it's concept tips and tweaks and nuggets of knowledge like the above > that I am looking for in regards to the treble trouble I'm having. > Thanks folks! > > > Steve Borgstrom > Brooklyn Park, MN > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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