[pianotech] Raising rates in recession

[William Truitt]

It is my experience that, when I do a pitch correction before doing a fine
tuning, I am faster and more accurate when doing the fine tuning.  I would
attribute that to maintaining a steady rhythm, and more efficient use of my
hand and brain.  I have found that while the ETD is still spinning, I'm
already dropping the ball into home court.  Muscle memory that has come from
tuning thousands of pianos.

To Gerald's doubters - don't measure another's skills and speed by your own.
I think that the really practiced hand can drop the ball through the net
almost everytime, and move right onto the next throw.  I have no trouble
believing that it is possible that Gerald does what he does with the
accuracy he claims.  That makes him much faster than me, but that fact
doesn't mean he can't do it.

Will Truitt


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Gerald Groot
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 12:28 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Raising rates in recession

Watching and sometimes waiting for the spinner to actually get a reading can
waste a lot of time.  Our ears can pick up the tuning a lot faster than the
spinner can get the reading for it.  

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 12:29 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Raising rates in recession

Terry Farrell wrote:
> Maybe like a half-second. Not fast enough?
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
>> Don wrote:
>>>  However the ETD takes time to
>>> measure and calculate that over pull--so super fast doesn't fall within
>>> their province.

I don't think it's the calculations that slow the process 
down, I think it's watching the spinner. The ETD users I've 
watched tend to go much farther into the tonal envelope 
watching what the spinner does, than aural tuners just listening.

Whatever.
Ron N