[pianotech] Reducing tuning time (was Re: frustrated)

[tnrwim at aol.com]

I learned to go sharp then come back down, except in the high tenor, I seem to 
here it better coming up to pitch.

Thanks, Duaine


Duaine

You mean hear it better, :)  You want to pull the string a little bit above the pitch and then bring it down because you want to leave the string and pin in a relaxed position. If you bring it up to pitch, and leave it there, the pin and string will be in a stressed position, and when the pin and string relaxes, it will go down in pitch. Since you're a ETD tuner, you can actually see this happening. 

To make sure the string will stay where you want it, you should tune the string slightly sharp, and then "set" the pin by jerking the hammer, and "set" the string by giving a sharp blow. It might seem like a lot of work, but this becomes an almost automatic process as you gain experience in tuning. 

Wim

 



-----Original Message-----
From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sun, Jan 20, 2013 1:36 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Reducing tuning time (was Re:  frustrated)


The one thing that, in my last couple of tunings, I am trying to do is to 
concentrate on - not - going way sharp before 
honing in on the unisons. I shaved off about 10 minutes, the last couple of 
times.

Do most of you come up to pitch or go sharp then come back down?

I learned to go sharp then come back down, except in the high tenor, I seem to 
here it better coming up to pitch.

Thanks, Duaine

On 01/12/2013 04:41 PM, Mike Kurta wrote:
>     I had my wife sew two lengths together.  Voila! Now I have only one mute 
strip to contend with.  Length is no 
> problem, when I put it away I fold it in half length, half again, and lay it 
in my case. Easy.
>     Mike Kurta
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Ron Nossaman <mailto:rnossaman at cox.net>
>     *To:* pianotech at ptg.org <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>
>     *Sent:* Saturday, January 12, 2013 9:45 AM
>     *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Reducing tuning time (was Re: frustrated)
>
>     On 1/12/2013 8:06 AM, tunerboy3 at comcast.net <mailto:tunerboy3 at comcast.net> 
wrote:
>
>     > You order it like one solid piece, something like 72" or 84" long or
>     > so, and cut to desired length or, don't cut it at all.  I ordered 6
>     > or 10 of them so I could experiment with it.  I wound up cutting one
>     > of them down the center all the way and using that one in the treble.
>
>     I cut a strip diagonally down it's length and get two tapered lengths.
>     Ideal in verticals to get around the dampers in that last section where
>     there's no room  - especially in Baldwins. A full width strip works very
>     well in the bass, or two of them if one leaks too much. Pearl River
>     passed out a terrific strip at the convention one year. Thin action
>     cloth sewed to buckskin (or Ecsaine, but it acts like buckskin). Best
>     tenor strip I've ever used in grands. I've wished I had managed to get a
>     couple more, but they were pretty protective of them and they wouldn't
>     be difficult to make when the one I have gives up the ghost.
>
>
>     >  I don't now why but string spacing tends to
>     > be a little greater in the tenor on verticals than in the treble.
>
>     Fan angles, I'd say. I use a narrow strip of thicker action cloth here.
>     Ron N
>


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Duaine Hechler
Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
(314) 838-5587 / dahechler at att.net / www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com
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