In a message dated 3/25/2006 12:03:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, michelle at cdaustin.com writes: and you don't have an electronic tuner (heaven forbid!), what's the quickest way to get the strings on pitch? Spring for an electronic tuner ! It will pay for itself in fewer, more accurate pitch corrections. Or... Pitch correction is the same as tuning, only faster. Assuming the piano is flat, set the A about a third as many beats sharp as it now is flat, then use your normal tuning pattern, only force yourself to rip through it in about 1/4 to 1/3 whatever time it usually takes you to fine tune. If it doesn't come out right on, or average within about 1/2 beat per second in the temperament area, do it again until it does, then fine tune. If the strings are old, or the pitch raise is really huge, make one pass with very little or no overshoot, then see the above. Pitch lowering is exactly the same, only use about 1/4 overshoot. After a few pitch raises, you will be surprised at how much more quick and stable your pin setting becomes, not only on pitch changes, but also on fine tuning as well. Bob Davis, RPT Stockton, CA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060325/0f59ba74/attachment.html
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