Dave, It's called the "point of diminishing returns" as a former Journal editor said. There comes a time when no matter how long you spend on it, it "ain't" going to get better! Avery Todd At 11:22 AM 1/19/2007, you wrote: >Hello > > One eliment I am highly suspect of is the upper >termination points in these economy pianos. > > No nice agraffs, or a clean polished >steel bar, or clean smooth something, anything on the >plate to terminate the string on the tuning pin side. >Instead, bass strings wraped up to a 45 degree angle >around hitch pins on a flattened mound of plate that >is rough as sandpapper and fishined in(perhaps >pealing)'insta-gold'. How can a painted sandpaper >texture provide clean termination. > > It is what it is. > It aint what it ain't > > So I am learning to not listen for stuff >that is not there. Knowing a pianos limits is >not a cop-out, but improves my serice; because >I spend my time on what does make a difference. > > An example from a recent tutoring session was >a demo unision I was tuning. 10sec in I stopped, >there was still a tiny movement in the tone. We >measured the 3 strings and all strings were within one >tenth of a cent of each other. Movement was clear in a >couple of the single strings. This was as good as it >would get. I could waste a min or 2 trying to clean >the unision. It would not happen. > > One of the biggest lessons as I mature, >is learning how far I can go, what is my >resposibility, and what is the pianos. I want it >within .1 cent, but knowing when I am there despite >what I am hearing. Knowing when I have 6:3 in the >bass, or whatever I am doing consistantly in the bass >that day despite the other wildly spread harmonics on >a cheap piano is challenging. > > Stop listening for stuff that is not there to get. >Know the difference. > > Interesting, how, somehow with a note having 2 >false beats, I still found the center of the pitch >with .1cent quickly. Not sure how that happens, and >how we can hear having reached the end of >possiblilities through junk, but there it is. > >Searching for > Confidence balanced by humility. > Speed balanced with accuracy. > >I think I tune these cheaper pianos better fast. >I really do. Looking for stuff that is not there >hurts my ablilty to focus on what I can do with >it. > Cheers > Dave Renaud > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070119/ecb62e99/attachment.html
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