This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment When I first started tuning for pay, I think maybe some pianos took me = up to two or three hours to tune. FAKE IT! Just mumble some things = like.... "golly gee whizz, this piano has such tight tuning pins - just = takes a little longer to make things just right". Make it seem like the long time you spent on their piano was because you = singled out their piano as being WORTH spending a little bit extra time = to make things right. As long as the end result is a good tuning, most = folks will be thrilled with the "extra attention." Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 The tuning lever i'm getting is the schaff 21 with the extension just = in case I might need it. When I was using the student hammer, I had to = lift the handle in some places in the grand because the handle kept = knocking the iron strut, I guess that's what it's called. The pins were = loose too, and man one little tweek sent the pitch across town only to = return once I sent it back. I always kick myself when I'm tuning too = long. what if someone thinks, "Hey this guy doesn' t know what he's = doing?" I drove the cashier crazy plunking the keys. Terry and = everyone, this piano was so flat, I had to on some occasions notch the = pin three four or five times way sharp and match the other strings to it = to get it in pitch only to have it fall again. Is it me when it falls, = or the piano. I'm careful to get a little above beatless and then = gently put it back. UGH!!! I'd love to try out a new piano just once. = These old ones a! re about to drive me n uuts.=20 Marshall -------------- Original message --------------=20 From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>=20 I'm curious, how long does it take everyone here to tune? It's = still taking me 3hours ;( Will a new lever speed me up? I'm real regular at 2 hours for a pitch raise and tuning. Today I = tuned a newer K&C (Samick) Studio (first time appointment for = piano/client). It was 25 cents flat. Drove up the driveway at 10:00 AM, = and backed out the driveway at 12:04 AM. A full tuning on a piano that = hasn't been tuned in a year ranges anywhere between 50 and 90 minutes = for me - usually about 75 minutes. A good lever will help you speed up - not immediately, but with = time. I found that I kept hitting plateaus - I wouldn't get faster for a = long time and then suddenly I would seem to leap (or at least inch = along) to a new level. I have also found that so much about tuning = faster is simply finding peace with what can and can't be done with any = particular string/piano. A string that has false beats isn't going to = tune cleanly no matter how many times you yank the pitch up and down - = the trick is to develop an ability to recognize what ain't going to get = any better. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 I'll have to check out piano tech's catelog for those mutes. I = didn' t see them in schaff? The metal sticks get in the way especially = in the trebble. =20 I'm curious, how long does it take everyone here to tune? It's = still taking me 3hours ;( Will a new lever speed me up? Marshall ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/84/82/2b/4a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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