Hi Duaine, You-all get there in one pass (with a final unison check) in a piano that is how far off pitch to begin with? And is this in critical performance/recording situations, or something less demanding than that? Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: Duaine & Laura Hechler <dahechler at charter.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 3:42 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] Verituner Help... Ron, et all, Why would anyone waste the time to do a two-pass tuning, when it can be done in one. I tune in one pass, using Cybertuner, then do a final unison check. Everyone that I know that has Cybertuner, tune in one pass. Regards, Duaine Ron Koval wrote: Oh I forgot about the markers. The Verituner has built-in, or user set overpull markers. When tuning, you should see a line appear where the pitch is before tuning. (don't adjust the pitch until you see it...) Then you can set to display one, or all of the over/under pull triangles. The percentage amount depends both on the type of piano and your tuning technique. These can be enabled in both coarse or fine mode. I use 12, 21 and 33 for bass strings, plain wires up to strut break, above strut break for Baldwin uprights. You might reduce the amount in the top 1/2 octave. The idea is to allow for the pitch to drift back down as the structure takes on the load of pulling t he pitch up to 440. My goal is to have a fine tuned piano after a single pass, when I then check in fine tune mode. Mostly, I fail... BUT I DO get lots of strings that are right on. Ron Koval Chicagoland You live life online. So we put Windows on the web. Learn more about Windows Live -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at charter.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081216/2671e17a/attachment-0001.html>
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