[pianotech] the thread regarding number of tunings

Sun Nov 1 21:00:41 MST 2009

When is anyone going to comment of mute moving, technique, etc.
And if it makes any difference, I tune with Cybertuner.
Thanks to anyone that chimes in,
uaine

We've discussed the pros and cons of muting and tuning unisons as you go on this list not too long ago. 

I tune unisons on the fly using an SAT IV. I find it saves time, and gives me a more stable tuning. 

Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT 
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The Business of Piano Tuning 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Duaine & Laura Hechler <dahechler at att.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Sun, Nov 1, 2009 5:48 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] the thread regarding number of tunings

Kerry wrote:

 Marshall,

 You’ve had some good advice, and I’d like to elaborate on it a little.
 I remember the first piano I tuned completely took me over four hours.
 Now it takes me about an hour, and the way I remember improving my
 speed was to divide up the amount of time I had to spend into
 sections: temperament, octaves and unisons (ETD tuners can modify this
 as desired ;-) The point is to break the time up into manageable
 chunks, which makes it much easier to stay on schedule. When I was
 doing a lot of concert work, classical and other, this technique
 helped me meet time constraints more than anything else. If you know
 you only have 10 minutes for the temperament, you can avoid
 nit-picking and you’ll end up with enough time to do the unisons
 right, which I consider the most important and obvious part of most
 tunings. Plan your tuning and tune to your plan. Good luck and keep at
 it – it takes time to build up a good tuning business.

 Kerry Kean

 www.ohiopianotuner.com <http://www.ohiopianotuner.com/>

My actual tuning time is getting faster BUT ....
When is anyone going to comment of mute moving, technique, etc.
And if it makes any difference, I tune with Cybertuner.
Thanks to anyone that chimes in,
uaine
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uning, Servicing & Rebuilding
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lorissant, MO 63034
314) 838-5587
ahechler at att.net
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