pitch raise time

[David ilvedson]

Why would anyone want to come into a real-life tuning 
situation with a pitch raise involved and use a tuning fork?  
Well, alright, if you only have a fork, then you have a pretty 
good reason.  A pitch raise = instability.  Of what use is it to 
attempt a temperment aurally on a moving target?  I'll take 
that first pass with a ETD anyday.  Any ETD.  You don't need 
to use a pitch-raise program.  Just start at the bottom and 
proceed to the top and you will be much closer than you were. 
Fifteen minutes and you are ready to tune.  NO stress to the 
ears except bringing in unisons.  I believe even if you tune 
strictly by ear you should bring the proper tools.  Don't pitch-
raise with your ears.  Save them for the tuning.

David I.

Date sent:      	Wed, 26 Jan 2000 14:46:29 -0600
To:             	pianotech@ptg.org
From:           	Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
Subject:        	Re: pitch raise time
Send reply to:  	pianotech@ptg.org

> 
> >Aurally, electronically, on their head, in a sauna, who cares, Ron?  :-)
> >Keith McGavern
> 
> Well, yea, fair enough, but I'd like to see it done reasonably
> "conventionally" with the tools that EVERYONE has at their disposal, not
> with a specific ETD and a pre-calculated program. "Nothing up my sleeve"
> and all that, and actually building a temperament for both passes from a
> single pitch source. Otherwise, two people with ETDs working together, and
> with some preliminary work, could do the whole pitch raise and tuning in
> 11.3952477 minutes without even breaking a sweat. Though it would be pretty
> entertaining, I wouldn't find it all that instructive unless they got
> tangled up in one another and lost track of which arm was whose. We could
> all probably learn something from that.
> 
> I say let's see it from the point when the (lone) tuner walks in cold,
> seeing the piano for the first time, with no prior preparation, strips (as
> it were),  takes the first pitch reading, and attacks it. Just like how it
> happens out there in the world.
> 
> Ron N
> 


David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@jps.net