It seems to me that you don't want to tune using the attack (unless the pianist is planning to play everything staccato) and you also don't want to tune to a long sustain. I tune using a Verituner and tune so that the spinner stops about 1 second into the note playing. I just try and be as consistent as possible this way. This seems to work well for me but I'd be interested in hearing what others out there are doing. Corte Swearingen Chicago "Michael Gamble" <michael@gambles.f To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> snet.co.uk> cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: Pitch Raise, was: Standard Pitch pianotech-bounces@ ptg.org 10/13/2003 12:48 PM Please respond to Pianotech Hello all That's an interesting point made by Ron N. - "Tune on the attack phase of the sound, rather than the diminishing susutain" With my EDT ( the TLA one) I find it quite amazing how much deviation there is between the "Attack and the Sustain". This raises more questions like: Is the piano going to be more in tune when tuned on the "Attack" than on the "Sustain". And: Does it matter how "Hard" you hit the note when tuning - and does it make any difference? I tune Very Hard in order that the pianists, reps etc. can't knock it out of tune. I only use one rubber wedge in Grands (one Papps in Uprights) and only use the EDT in the first twelve notes of tuning, checking at the first opportunity the 3rds,4ths,5ths and subsequently the 8ves, 10ths and double 8ves. I also find in some pianos that the 10ths beat rate slows down suddenly as it starts getting into the bass covered string area. If I try to increase the beat rate to continue the slow decrease in beats, as found in the "metal" section, then the 8ve. is out. I regularly fine tune within 50 minutes on a piano only seen twice a year and within 30minutes on a school piano seen three times a year (once a Term - "Semester"?) ps: It makes no difference if the Upright is "Over-Damped" or "Underdamped" to the time it takes to tune. Regards to all Michael G (UK) _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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