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

[David Nereson]

I wanted to say the same thing.  "Slow rolls" don't happen in a 
half-second, but are often noticeable by the customer.
--David Nereson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Foote" <a440a at aol.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] shorter final tuning time with pitch 
raises;forearm smash




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