spinet octaves

[Tony Caught]

Hi Charles,

What tuning devise/program are you using. I have an answer for one of them.

Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Neuman" <piano@charlesneuman.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 4:10 AM
Subject: spinet octaves


> I don't mean to start a spinet-bashing session, but I just want to see if
> it's me or the piano:
>
> When tuning a spinet, I find it hard to make nice clean octaves. (I use an
> ETD to tune, but I also do everything aurally as I tune, for practice.)
> The other day, the customer was sitting in the same room as me while I
> tuned. I was embarassed that I was tuning their piano and couldn't get a
> clean-sounding octave! So I moved on, worried about what the final result
> would sound like. She didn't seem to notice anything wrong. I'm still not
> sure if I did any good to the piano or not.
>
> So do I need more practice, or am I doing what can be done? Note: I don't
> seem to have this problem on a Steinway B.
>
> By the way, those Baldwin spinets have a surprisingly good sound for their
> size, I have to admit. I always emphasize that to the customer, and they
> seem proud. I still would rather not be near one, but for what they are,
> they seem not so bad.
>
> Charles Neuman
> PTG Assoc, Long Island - Nassau
>
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