[pianotech] tuning without stripping

[Duaine Hechler]

On 01/13/2013 11:31 PM, David Nereson wrote:
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> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 2:01 PM, John Formsma <formsma at gmail.com <mailto:formsma at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Me too...mostly. Strip muting is always faster for me. I do occasionally like to tune with two mutes. But the
>     piano has to already be very close in tune for that to work well.
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>     That's right.  And most people's pianos are not, because they let them go too long.  I'd say a good 2/3 to 3/4 of
>     the pianos I tune, maybe more, need a pitch raise first, even if it's just 5 or 10 cents.  But many of them are
>     more like 15 to 30 cents flat.   And a good percentage of them need the lost motion taken out first.
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>         Those two things of course use up almost the whole 2 hours allotted for the appointment, which is why there's 
> almost never occasion to do any fine-regulating, touchweight modification, or voicing.  All these high-level piano 
> servicing classes offered at the conventions are great if you're working mostly for concert-level artists or even 
> university piano professors, but "in the trenches" of real-world tuning for Mr. or Ms. average piano owner in the 
> suburbs, there's almost never an opportunity to use that level of knowledge.  Or the owners just don't have the funds 
> or see the need for it at their beginner or amateur level of playing.   (, all of which doesn't have anything to do 
> with strip mutes, of course;  just doing some minor venting here....)
>      --David Nereson, RPT
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Now, I don't want to start another "do or don't" war.....however, since 99% of my customers are like the ones David is 
talking about - I don't see the - need - to become an RPT.

Just stating - and - no further commentary is wanted.

Duaine

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Duaine Hechler
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