Here comes the pitch

[Porritt, David]

The every-other-note sharp/flat thing is so that the overall tension
won't change making the piano unstable.  If the whole piano were to be
tuned flat then it would be a pitch-raise tuning and I don't think
that's the purpose of the test.  To me, a pitch raise is not a high
level skill.  If one can tune a piano to RPT standards one can certainly
pitch raise.  

 

dave

 

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David M. Porritt, RPT

dporritt at smu.edu

 

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I've always said that RPT's should be re-tested every 5 years.  Doesn't
have to be a formal test, simply tuning a piano prior to a meeting for
the group to hear would suffice.  Also, the RPT tuning tests don't
simulate a real tuning.  They don't test for pitch raises, which is 70
percent of what I do.  And..I've never seen a piano where every other
note is sharp, and the others are flat.  Stability aside, the tests
should approximate what we do every day, and they don't.  Do I see a
council proposal for next year??? Perhaps. Bob.





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