Well At least you know they are being used >g< Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <pmc033 at earthlink.net> To: "David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>," <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 8:59 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] [Pianotech] Tuning speed >I use a strip, but I tune unisons as I go. I use one mute, using it to > silence the left string, pulling the strip to tune the right string. I > then transfer the mute to the right string and tune the left one. Repeat. >>From lowest bichord to highest, mute with strip, tune one string. Then go > back down tuning unisons. Strip muting saves me time because I don't have > to pick it up and set it down again. > Paul McCloud > San Diego > > >> [Original Message] >> From: David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> >> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> >> Date: 11/02/2009 7:43:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] [Pianotech] Tuning speed >> >> I haven't used a strip mute in 10 years...as a ETD user you know what > small tension changes does to stability. Those tuned middle strings have > changed by the time you come back... >> >> David Ilvedson, RPT >> Pacifica, CA 94044 >> >> ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- >> From: "Gerald Groot" <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> >> To: pianotech at ptg.org >> Received: 11/2/2009 6:57:56 PM >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] [Pianotech] Tuning speed >> >> >> >You use a wedge for every one? Not me. I mute strip it. Faster. >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On > Behalf >> >Of Robin Stevens >> >Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 7:08 PM >> >To: 'David Ilvedson'; pianotech at ptg.org >> >Subject: Re: [pianotech] [Pianotech] Tuning speed >> >> >" If RCT is that slow in picking up/displaying the pitch, maybe it isn't >> >perfected" >> > When I Have finished tuning a pin I firstly put the hammer on the next > pin, >> >> >change the paps wedge position, strike the note and by the time my hand >> >moves from the wedge to the hammer CyberTuner has read the note and > displays >> >> >the over pull needed. So I cannot see where it is slow. David, have you > kept >> >> >up with the upgrades? (latest version 4.3.5f1) and also a older machine >> >might be the cause of slow reading. >> >Robin Stevens >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On > Behalf >> >> >Of David Ilvedson >> >Sent: Tuesday, 3 November 2009 9:51 AM >> >To: pianotech at ptg.org >> >Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tuning speed >> >> >If RCT is that slow in picking up/displaying the pitch, maybe it isn't >> >perfected...? For me an ETD is vitally important for quickly checking >> >aural problems as I progress through the tuning. i.e. what has changed > to >> >make that octave suspect. It might a prior unison that needs >> >tweaking...unisons as you go! >> >> >David Ilvedson, RPT >> >Pacifica, CA 94044 >> >> >----- Original message ---------------------------------------- >> >From: "Gerald Groot" <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> >> >To: pianotech at ptg.org >> >Received: 11/2/2009 1:25:44 PM >> >Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tuning speed >> >> >> >>Oh, I don't know about that. Some of them yes. I used to be a very > staunch >> >> >>aural tuner only. That is, until RCT finally perfected it enough for > my >> >>satisfaction. Sounds rather arrogant I know but, it's true. I use it > all >> >>the time now unless that is, I'm going for speed. The thing I hate the >> >most >> >>about it is that I hear it LONG before RCT picks it up and could have > had >> >it >> >>tuned already in many instances. >> >> >>Jer Groot >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >> >>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On >> >Behalf >> >>Of Duaine & Laura Hechler >> >>Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 12:54 PM >> >>To: pianotech at ptg.org >> >>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tuning speed >> >> >>Robin Stevens wrote: >> >>> >> >>> <snip> The ETD knockers should spent a bit of time and see how good >> >>> this program is rather than saying aural is the only way. >> >>> >> >>> Robin Stevens >> >>> >> >>AMEN, AMEN and A M E N - I use Cybertuner too. >> >> >>Plus, my mentor of 30+ years aural tuning, taught me to tune with >> >>Cybertuner. >> >> >>BUT, I'm sure some of the staunch aural tuners will NEVER try using an > ETD. >> >> >> >> >>-- >> >>Duaine Hechler >> >>Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ >> >>Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding >> >>Reed Organ Society Member >> >>Florissant, MO 63034 >> >>(314) 838-5587 >> >>dahechler at att.net >> >>www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com >> >>-- >> >>Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years >> >> >> >> >> _____ >> >> >>avast! 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