[pianotech] DIY tuning

[James Grebe]

I have been in this business some 47 years now and just in the past couple 
of years have I began to satisfy myself with my work.  I have been around 
some of the top people early in my career and I have learned that me having 
patience has been the biggest key to satisfying myself.  In other words, if 
it is not as good as it should be, do it again until it is.
James
James Grebe
Piano Tuner-Technician
Creator of Custom Caster Cups
www.grebepiano.com
1526 Raspberry Lane
Arnold, MO 63010
(314) 608-4137
Become what you believe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wimblees at aol.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] DIY tuning


> 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
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> -----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
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> 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?
>>?
>> David Ilvedson, RPT?
>> Pacifica, CA 94044?
>>?
>> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------?
>> 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?
>>?
>>?
>>>Reminds me of this guy:?
>>?
>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjZIwxrY3Ss?
>>?
>>?
>>>Court Stewart?
>>>Roanoke Chapter?
>>?
>>>On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Porritt, David 
>>> >><dporritt at mail.smu.edu>wrote:?
>>?
>>>> 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!?
>>>>?
>>>>?
>>>>?
>>>> dp?
>>>>?
>>>>?
>>>>?
>>>> David M. Porritt, RPT?
>>>>?
>>>> dporritt at smu.edu?
>>>>?
>>>>?
>>>>?
>>>> *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?
>>>>?
>>>>?
>>>>?
>>>> 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."?
>>>>?
>>>> Me: "Is that how the string broke?"?
>>>>?
>>>> 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!)?
>>>>?
>>>> 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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