TuneLab

[baoli liu]

I used tnelab97 for one or two years befor my laptop
broke down.really good!

Baoli 

--- Harry Pickett <hjpickett@cablenet-va.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Does anyone use Tunelab? I can’t see myself being
> able to afford a SAT
> in the near future and would like an aid to the
> aural tuning I am doing
> now.
> Comments O wise ones!
> Cheers
> Harry
>  
>  
> Harry Pickett
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Richard Strang
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 8:01 PM
> To: 'Pianotech'
> Subject: RE: Restringing
>  
> I learned how to make a pretty nice loop using  a
> pair of vise grips and
> a screw driver. I make a loop and clamp it with the
> vise grips, lightly
> of course, then stick the screw drive through the
> loop and twist 6 or 7
> times. Comes out just fine for some of the clunkers
> I work on.
>  
> Richard
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
> Behalf Of Dave Bunch
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 6:36 PM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: Restringing
> As far as loop makers go, I would warn someone new
> to this to avoid the
> loop makers with the crank commonly seen in the
> catalogs. They are good
> for nothing but breaking wire. With just a little
> practice, one can make
> a first rate loop by hand using nothing more than a
> nail in a vise. This
> will work fine for the 99% of pianos that have just
> one or two looped
> strings.
>  
> Dave Bunch
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Alan <mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net>  
> To: 'Pianotech' <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>  
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:28 AM
> Subject: RE: Restringing
>  
> Yes ...
>  
> Not a complete treatise, but a few thoughts.
>  
> First time, it will take you close to three 8-days.
> An experienced person can do it in about two days.
> I don't think it's fair for people to pay for my
> "learning curves," so I
> would bill the job based on, say, 18 hours.
> Take the job. Learn and earn.
>  
> Critical things to have, purchase, or make-your-own
> ...
>  
> 1.       A pinblock jack
> 2.       Coil maker
> 3.       2½ lb sledge hammer (for fine tuning and
> watch repair)
> 4.       Real wire cutters, not pin nippers or light
> duty electrical
> "dikes"
> 5.       Heavy gloves or, better yet,
> glass-handler's gloves
> 6.       Eye
>
protection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Many jobs
> call for eye protection: Restringing SCREAMS for it.
> Wear industrial eye
> protection, the kind that protects from the sides,
> too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 7.       Band-Aids (Don't make your own.)
>  
> Helpful things to have ...
>  
> 1.       A ½" drive variable speed electric drill
> with "pin removing
> bit" (see archives). ¼" drill will not do, doesn't
> have enough torque,
> especially at slower speeds and you don't want to
> spin the pins so fast
> that you set the piano on fire or, more likely,
> damage the holes.
> 2.       New set of pin collars (depending). New
> hitch pin punchings,
> felts, braid, etc. (depending)
> 3.       Tuning pin crank
> 4.       Loop maker
>  
> Look up in the archives or read Reblitz, etc., about
> measuring strings,
> marking where string sizes change, etc.
>  
> Examine the piano carefully before you start: 
> 1.       Make sure the legs are secure and nothing
> is wobbly. 999/1000
> times this is no problem. The 1/1000th time, a
> disaster can ensue.
> 2.       Pull the lid hinge pins with the lid
> closed. Unless it is a
> very small piano, get the owner or someone to help
> you lift off the lid
> and put it in a safe place.
> 3.       Examine the pinblock and bridges very
> carefully. Discuss
> problems with owner. NOW is the time to make any
> repairs.
> 4.       Note any problems or anticipated problems.
> Write them down.
> Have the owner look at them with you and sign the
> paper acknowledging
> the problems. Again 1/1000, but you don't want any
> arguments later. I
> would take a torque wrench and measure each pin-or
> at least a good
> sampling-as I made the first tension reduction turns
> of the pin to make
> sure you spot any "patterns" suggesting block damage
> or any pin holes
> that might need a little epoxy, etc. Easier to do it
> now than to have to
> remove pins later.
>  
> Have fun. 
>  
> Alan R. Barnard
> Salem, MO
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Richard Strang
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:14 AM
> To: pianotech (E-mail)
> Subject: Restringing
>  
> Hello, all,
>     Piano restringing has always been a little out
> of my line of work,
> as I do not have a shop. However, I have a good
> customer that is
> requesting me to restring his grand on site, and I'm
> debating on whether
> I should accept the job or not. Any advice?
>  
> Richard
>  
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