[pianotech] shorter final tuning time with pitch raises; forearm smash

Ed Foote a440a at aol.com
Thu Nov 4 07:35:38 MDT 2010



Ron writes:
> Hi David,
> From past observations rather than specific knowledge of what you, 
> personally, are doing, I find that tuners taking well over an hour are 
> all doing the same thing. They listen too long, and tune way too deep 
> into the tone envelope. Tuning into the decay is a waste of time and 
> effort, I think. Pretty much everything you need is in the first half 
> second of the note.  



Umm,  not for me.  After the unison is close enough to stop beating, there are still cats meowing over the
next second or two that will be missed if I only spend 1/2 second.  The bigger the piano, the more true this is. 
Regards, 
Ed Foote RpT
 
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