near impossible tuning

Andrew and Rebeca Anderson anrebe@sbcglobal.net
Fri Mar 3 13:21:19 MST 2006


Ed,
I'll second Roger there, I do "string voicing" as a part of pitch 
corrections and I didn't have any problems with stability on the same 
model.  My problem is with pianos having very high friction, 
particularly in the agraffes.

Andrew

At 09:23 PM 3/2/2006, you wrote:
>Hi Ed,
>              Here's a suggestion that has worked for 
> me.   Aggressively lift the strings.  I think you know what I am 
> getting at.  The sustain will also increase, and give an overall 
> tone improvement.
>
>Regards Roger.
>
>>I have to be picky here, the piano is miked and broadcast through a concert
>>size sound system to about a 1000 seat church.  A church that has the music,
>>(Christian Rock), as a central focus!  I am presently getting the 
>>job done with
>>flag-poling as a tuning technique, and they tell me it is better than it has
>>ever been, before.  However, maybe all those years in recording studios has
>>made me incapable of accepting ANY drift in the unisons.  I have a hard time
>>accepting that I can't beat this thing into shape.
>>Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>>Ed Foote RPT
>>http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
>>www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>>
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