TWO pianos ?

[Roger Jolly]

HI David,
                 A quick fast pass with an ETD also gets the pianos into 
the 1-2 cent range before fine tuning.  The various pitch over shoots, 
tends to make them stay more stable with each other much quicker. Removes 
an awful lot of stess.
Regards Roger



At 06:04 AM 3/9/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>You certainly can do it aurally--I have many times in the past--but its a
>hell of a lot easier with an ETD.  When tuning more than two pianos
>together I would tune them all to a single source.  If you tune one to the
>other down the line, small changes can become magnified over six pianos,
>kind of like playing telephone.
>
>David Love
>davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Robin Olson <DCrpt@comcast.net>
> > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Date: 3/9/2003 5:51:09 AM
> > Subject: Re: TWO pianos ?
> >
> >   Why would you say two pianos tuned well together are a result of e-
> > tuneing?Tuning two pianos(especially if they are the same model)is not
> > that difficult for an aural tuner.You just put them keyboard to
> > keyboard and tune both together.I call it six string unisons.I combine
> > all the interval checks I normally use to include the two pianos
> > together.In effect you are tuning three pianos,the third one being the
> > two combined.It is fun to do.I did a concert for Dr. Billy Taylor with
> > six Stienway B's.I did it aurally,I just went from piano to piano
> > compareing the new one to the previous.
> >                             A Devout Aural Tuner,  Robin Olson RPT
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Avery Todd <avery@ev1.net>
> > Date: Friday, March 7, 2003 3:55 pm
> > Subject: Re: TWO pianos ?
> >
> > > Hi Ric,
> > >
> > > Probably someone with an SAT, or one of the others! :-)
> > >
> > > Avery
> > >
> > > At 11:29 AM 03/07/03 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >I was just listening to the radio of a piano I thought was voiced
> > > >very good and recorded almost as good.   Was I surprised to hear
> > > >the announcer say it was a piece by Samuel Barber for two
> > > >pianos......Somebody out there can tune, I wonder who it
> > > >      ---rm.
> > >
> > >
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