Million-Dollar Tip-article

[Michel Lachance]

Hi Marcel,

Two questions:

1.  How long does it take to Pitch raise a piano using this procedure?

2.  How close do you get to A-440 within the first pass with a 30-40 
cents low pitch?

Regards,

Michel Lachance, RPT

Marcel Carey wrote:
> 
> Hi Bert & List,
> 
> Ken Burton's million dollar Tip can be found in the May 1996 issue of the
> PTG Journal on page 12.
> 
> I've, IMHO, improved the accuracy of this system by changing the procedure a
> bit. Here is what I do to aurally pitch raise:
> 
> I first tune one string of each A in the piano using a single rubber mute.
> This is usually done after lubricating the strings and it will tell me if
> they will take the pitch raise. I then remove my mutes and by listening to
> the beat of unisons, I can evaluate how far off are different octaves. Then
> without using any mutes, I will reproduce the beat of each notes in the
> octaves by tuning one string of each unison (usually the right string).
> After this, I will mute the tenor section and proceed tuning just the
> regular way. I found out that this system will give me a little more
> accuracy than Ken's "blind or should I say deaf" way of raising one string
> per unison. The more I do it, the closer are my 1st tuned string to final
> pitch. It has saved a lot of time for me. Hope some others will try it and
> let me know how they like this system.
> 
> Marcel Carey, RPT
> Sherbrooke, QC
>