As I'm reading the various posts that suggest "get a machine already", I feel the need to pipe up with the voice of the troglodyte: wait a while. Practice your aural tuning skills. While you have identified yourself as a "student tuner", without your having posted a bit more of an introduction, it's hard to know whether you received a mail order correspondence course in the mail two weeks ago, or if you're in your second year of a brick & mortar tuning school, or you're working as an apprentice in the shop of an illuminary such as Jack Wyatt (and no, Texas geography is not my strong point), etc. Slogging through an aural half tone pitch raise is a real learning experience. It takes a lot of practice (and tips from others) before it gets less difficult. And a while after when you've really got it down -- then go ahead and get the power tools! Patrick who's used ETDs for a long time now On Mar 25, 2006, at 3:02 PM, Michelle Smith wrote: > Hi all. Quick question from a new tuning student. If you come > across a piano that is totally out of whack (or a piano that you've > restrung), and you don't have an electronic tuner (heaven forbid!), > what's the quickest way to get the strings on pitch? Being a music > teacher, I can figure it out but it takes a really long time. Any > tricks of the trade? > > Thanks! > > Michelle Smith > Student Tuner > Bastrop, Texas
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