[pianotech] Advantages/Disadvantages of muting techniques

[Ed Sutton]

Mark-

How I wish you could have come to Grand Rapids last month! There were great tuning classes by several of our finest tuners. The rooms were filled to capacity, and people were on the edges of their chairs.

By the way, if you strip mute every other note of the mid-range, you can ease in by tuning 2 string unisons as you go, using a wedge mute for the open string as needed. And you can also practice "shimming," i.e. adjusting the unison pair without using a mute.

Ed
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  Thank you to all of you that have answered.



  With uprights, I strip mute the middle, tune the middle and then  tune the unisons for the middle.  

  I also do one pass pitch raises and tuning like this.  I then tune the treble unisons and then the bass unisons as I go.  A lot of the pianos I tune are anywhere from 10 - 50 cents flat.  So this gives me room to pitch raise and tune.  In one sitting. 



  On grands I strip mute the entire grand, tune the center string for every note and then tune the unisons.  I have tried once or twice just tuning unisons as I go but did not pursue this because I was slower than I usual. 



  I do like what Ed said with regard to what maters, the end result, stability, stability, stability. 



  I think I will re-try the unisons as you go and persist with it and see?



  Thank you,



  Best regards,



  Mark Davis   
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