Conrad, This has been a learning experience for me. Thanks for your response. Regards, Clyde Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: > Clyde, my friend, > > At 07:29 10/8/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >Phil and others, > >I do question how you could conclude in five minutes that all the unisons, > >3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 8vas, etc. were spot on. > > First, assume that you did the previous tuning and that everything was spot > on when you left it. ;-} > > Two hands, three octave span, four notes, - start with middle C as the > bottom of the four and play triple octaves chromatically to the top. Then > start with C52 (C5) as the top, go down to the bottom. > > You have played all keys on the piano and overlapped in the middle, and I > guarantee that if _anything_ drifted out, those bare triple octaves will > show them up. > > If you have some fuzziness, then go in and investigate what is causing it - > that can take time, but that "go/no go" test is less than a minute. > > Checking all unisons individually? couple of minutes, longer if fuzz is > false beats. > > > Are you sure? If so, what could cause the piano NOT to be spot on six > > months from now? > > Mucho stuff, but you are there _now_. Let tomorrow take care of itself. > > >If pianos are tuned regularly enough, do some of them reach the point > >where they are permanently in tune? > > I tune 4 concert grands every week, and a couple of them usually need very > little, but permanent??? Dr Pangloss, are you listening? > > > I sometimes equate piano tuning with other maintenance-type > > procedures. I think that any time maintenance is recommended after a > > certain period of time, or a certain amount of use, there is the question > > of whether this is necessary, and maybe sometimes it isn't. Has any one > > of you ever requested normal maintenance and then the serviceperson said > > you didn't need it? > > Yes. > > >I use RCT, and I've long suspected that it is "pickier" than the human ear is. > > Soitenly! I'd never have guessed that yesterday's Samick's A4 was at > 428.98Hz, but I knew immediately that it needed tuning. > > > I've never done only an aural check on arriving and making a decision > > at that point. I want to *keep* the piano sounding good, not wait until > > it starts to sound out of tune and then fix it. I still check every > > string, trying the unisons to see if I can get them any cleaner (often I > > can't due to false beats), so even my short jobs take about forty minutes. > > Warning: College tech mentality coming through here... If it ain't broke, > don't fix it. If it needs something, quickly find out exactly what, do it > and move on. > > YMMV > > Conrad Hoffsommer, Decorah, IA > Household Hint: A set mouse trap placed on top on of your alarm clock > will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep. > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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