tuning question

[Barrie Heaton]

In article <009c01c03db3$b81fb560$d1165c18@tampabay.rr.com>, Farrell 
<mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> writes
>I'm just jealous of some of you folks. I'm not quite in the 40,000-serviced
>piano catagory yet (still working on my first 1,000 - although likely
>getting close!), and a couple pitch raises and a good tuning in an hour or
>so is FAST! Also, I try to work pretty fast doing a pitch raise on a newer
>piano, or one that is not very flat, but as the piano gets older (old
>uprightitis) crustier, I tend to take a good half hour on a big pitch raise
>pass - largely to try & be careful to not break strings or whatever.

I would say that most tuners are the same, the older the piano the 
slower we go.  Speed come naturally - most of the very fast tuners I 
know worked in factory's and you had to be fast to make your money. Not 
the same now, all the hi-output  piano factory's use ETA's and the 
operative only do part of the pin bending. However, speed is OK in the 
workshop or on the first few passes of a large pitch,  but for your 
normal tuning, being  too fast  can work against you, with the great 
unwashed - if you do the world finest tuning in 30 mins they will not 
appreciate it.
If all who came before you, took over an hour.

5% of out job is tuning the piano 95% of it, is fine tuning the client.

Barrie,



>
>Terry Farrell
>Piano Tuning & Service
>Tampa, Florida
>mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Barrie Heaton" <Piano@forte.airtime.co.uk>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 7:06 AM
>Subject: Re: tuning question
>
>
>> In article <001101c03a8b$50d0cbe0$d1165c18@tampabay.rr.com>, Farrell
>> <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> writes
>> >I know what the problem is! You are tuning too fast. You pitch raised
>> >(major, HA! - that was a world record!) a piano 600 cents and fine tuned
>it
>> >in just under two hours? You gotta be bionic. Are you for rent?
>>
>> Major 5th pitch in * 50 minutes and a concert played on it when
>> finished, there is a video if E Wilkings doing it, first pass with no
>> mutes.
>>
>> Barrie
>>
>> * not positive on the exact time but was under  the hour
>>
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