[pianotech] Pitch raising/tuning

[Joe Goss]

5 Minutes 8 seconds if I remember correctly.
Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald Groot" <tunerboy3 at comcast.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 10:23 AM
Subject: [pianotech] Pitch raising/tuning


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