tuning marathon tips

Wimblees@aol.com Wimblees@aol.com
Sun, 16 Mar 2003 13:34:12 EST


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In a message dated 3/16/03 12:19:51 PM Central Standard Time, 
stephenairy@fastmail.fm writes:

> If I remember correctly, I heard that Bruce Stevens (Bellflower, CA -
> South Bay chapter)  (a personal friend of mine who is also an RPT) tuned
> something like 30 pianos in 2 or 3 days.  I'd like to know how HE did it.
> :)
> 
> ----- Original message -----
> From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:51:42 -0500
> Subject: Re: tuning marathon tips
> 
> Just curious. How many pianos, and how many needed how much of a pitch
> raise. How long did it take. I'm really just curious what some techs can
> do. I know I am on the slower end of the spectrum. I know this will sound
> rather pathetic to all you bionic tuners, but my all time mega-record is
> six P-22s, all of which were 25 to 60 cents flat. If I recall correctly,
> I started around 10 am and finished around 10 pm (and ate two
> submarines).
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 

If I recall, I did 18 one day, and then 12 or 13 the next, for a dealer in 
St. Louis who had rented a couple of rooms in the convention center for a big 
sale. What made this even more difficult, is that I had one of my tuners 
help, so I had to put a piano on a dolly, move it to another room, tune it, 
(most of them were 20 - 40 cents low), and move it back. These were all 
Samick consoles. The first day I started at 9 Am, and finished about 6. The 
only reason I quit at that time is because I had to go to a PTG meeting. The 
next day I started at 10, and had to finish by 4, when the doors opened. 
Between the two of us we tuned aobut 40 piano.

Wim 

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