[pianotech] Raising rates in recession

[David Love]

That is pretty fast.  I can do a pitch raise and tuning in one hour and I
thought that was pretty fast.  Can't imagine half that time.  But just a
point of order, the overpull of a piano 100 cents flat would only require a
30 cents sharp overpull, not 60 cents.  Well within the BP generally.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Terry Farrell
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 2:58 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Raising rates in recession

I've always heard that strings on a piano should be within two cents of
desired pitch prior to doing a fine tuning. I have found that to be
generally be true. Certainly if it is not for a high end concert, pitch
prior to tuning could even vary a bit more than that. However, I have
certainly found that for a truly good tuning, the piano has to be pretty
darn close prior to the tuning pass.

You (or anyone) can raise the pitch of a piano that is 100 cents flat, each
string to within two cents of target pitch, in five minutes? If the piano is
a semi-tone flat, how do you even know what the target pitch for any given
string is (to within two cents)? Believe me, my hat if off to you if you can
do it, but I don't think it is even remotely possible. And you'd really want
to make two passes in the treble so as to not be pulling the strings 60
cents sharp!

Wait, wait....... no, this is July.........  April 1 was a long time
ago...... 

Terry Farrell

Gerald Groot wrote:


.....until I could easily raise pitch 1/2 tone in 5 minutes.
 .....can raise pitch 1/2 tone and fine tune a piano in 30 minutes and it
will sound good.