What is Steve Fairchilds pitch raising record? Isn't it 4 minutes? Harry Buyce made the Guiness Book of World Records with a tuning and pitch raise of I believe, it was 20 minutes? Wasn't Steve's pitch raise and tuning something like 13 minutes after that? As for pitch raising and speed for Terry... Practice makes perfect. For me, having mentor's who were factory trained, (Harry Buyce and Jerry Peterson were both trained at the South Haven Evertt Piano Factory) to work with most certainly helped me to learn speed. Harry used to tell me he would tune between 18 & 24 pianos from scratch at the factory bringing them up to pitch BY EAR per day! Anyone that still remembers Harry, knows full well he was one of the fastest tuners around and he was good. My dad was another fast tuner. If we try to strive and work on perfection during a pitch raise our speed will be drastically reduced. We first need to focus strictly on pitch raising ONLY until our speed is increased to a satisfactory level. Once we have our speed down pat, we can then begin to focus speed and accuracy at the same time. This will bring your speed and over all tuning time down considerably. Timing yourself is important. Jer -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 11:46 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Raising rates in recession Gerald Groot wrote: > Alright Ron, stop being the smart ass that you usually are. It's tiring. > Just because you don't know me and just because YOU can't do it > yourself..... > > So, You want proof that I can raise pitch on a piano 1/2 tone and tune it in > 30 minutes? No, I asked for five minutes for a 50¢ pitch raise demonstration. You've wasted twenty times more than that of your valuable time on this already. Did you happen to demonstrate the five minute pitch raise at the convention last year? I'm sorry I missed it. It would have been an interesting class. Ron N
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