Unison Width - was stability issue

[Farrell]

Yeah, good for you. Now newbie techs just building a business have to
wrastle with these beasts. I think it might be all your fault for giving
them their first tunings in the store and allowing them to be sold (and just
in case - ha, ha)!   ;-)

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "joegum" <joegum@webtv.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: Unison Width - was stability issue


> <<<...... Kimball consoles, et. al., often have this razor sharp divide
> between sounding acceptable and having the unison scream at you. Just
> hard hammers?
> What gives? Anyone got some expertise here?
> Terry Farrell
> Piano Tuning & Service
> Tampa, Florida>>>
> I tuned many, many Kimball consoles back in the "Eighties" when I was
> doing work for a local piano store.  The more false beats an instrument
> has, the less "wiggle room" you have when tuning unisons (and octaves).
> And if the hammers are overly bright... if the instrument is somewhat
> shrill....  this just magnifies the problem.  I've always believed that
> voicing them down somewhat would improve matters greatly.
> Unfortunately, most people who purchased these pianos had low price as
> one of the leading priorities.  To suggest anything that might cost
> either the piano owner or store owner more money would simply put me in
> the hot seat.  I'm so glad the "Eighties" are over and I'm off the
> tightrope.  (Well....mostly.)  JG
>
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