[pianotech] DIY tuning

[wimblees at aol.com]

The videos not with standing, (How do these guys get all the glory, and even some of the fame?) there are some pianists who attempt to do some of their own tuning. The most they seem to be able to do is unisons and octaves. Very few actually know how to set a temperament. 

When my dad (who? was a very good pianist), first started tuning, he also didn't know about temperament. As a result, it took him about 8 hours to get a piano in tune, mostly experimenting with intervals, until he liked what he heard. He was working for a piano factory at the time, so after that experiment, he went to the factory tuner, and asked for help. By his own admission, he never did learn to set a temperament. Shortly after he started tuning, he bought a Conn Strobotuner, and relied on that to tune pianos. I don't believe he could have passed the tuning exam. ?

WIm




-----Original Message-----
From: CHARLES BECKER <cbeckercpt at verizon.net>
To: David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>; pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Mon, Jul 20, 2009 8:24 am
Subject: Re: [pianotech] DIY tuning



Mr. Gurby rules.. I am still laughing.?
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>?
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>?
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:03 PM?
Subject: Re: [pianotech] DIY tuning?
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> Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNGBupkatjw&feature=related?
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> David Ilvedson, RPT?
> Pacifica, CA 94044?
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> From: "Court Stewart" <calexste at gmail.com>?
> To: pianotech at ptg.org?
> Received: 7/20/2009 7:46:04 AM?
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] DIY tuning?
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>>Reminds me of this guy:?
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>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjZIwxrY3Ss?
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>>Court Stewart?
>>Roanoke Chapter?
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>>On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Porritt, David >><dporritt at mail.smu.edu>wrote:?
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>>> Not too often, but you do get the occasional do-it-yourselfer who >>> thinks?
>>> it looks easy. The one I enjoyed the most was a lady who said her >>> husband?
>>> claimed to have a good ear so he bought the tools. He spent 8 hours one?
>>> Saturday and never could set a temperament. At the end of the day he >>> told?
>>> his wife to call the ---- tuner. She seemed to be amused by it!?
>>>?
>>>?
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>>> dp?
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>>>?
>>>?
>>> David M. Porritt, RPT?
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>>> dporritt at smu.edu?
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>>>?
>>> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On?
>>> Behalf Of *paul bruesch?
>>> *Sent:* Monday, July 20, 2009 9:16 AM?
>>> *To:* Pianotech List?
>>> *Subject:* [pianotech] DIY tuning?
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>>>?
>>>?
>>> Going to tune a spinet tomorrow.?
>>>?
>>> Customer says it has "one wire broken, A below middle C..."?
>>>?
>>> Chatted a bit more, then she says "I tried to tune it myself."?
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>>> Me: "Is that how the string broke?"?
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>>> Her: "Yes. It didn't look that hard, but I guess it is. I got the tool >>> from?
>>> my son." (Well good, I was imagining her using a 6" Crescent!)?
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>>> So I'm curious... how often has anyone come across this? It's a first >>> for?
>>> me in my not-so-many years of tuning.?
>>>?
>>> Paul Bruesch?
>>> Stillwater, MN?
>>>?
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