How long does it take to tune the average Piano?

[Jon Page]

At 01:56 PM 04/25/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Oh man, how did you manage that?
>That would give you like 7 seconds or something on every string. Taking away
>the time it takes to move the hammer and the mutes (~2s if you are very
>fast) would give you 5 seconds. You didnt do any checkup intervalls I
>pressume? ;)
>
>Is there any guiness worldrecord in tuning the piano?
>
>/Daniel Lindholm Stockholm / Sweden
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <d.l.ezell@att.net>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 6:08 PM
>Subject: Re: How long does it take to tune the average Piano?
>
> >I have tuned a piano in as
> > little as 30 minutes but as I said some pianos are just
> > easier to tune.
>
> > Donald L. Ezell

You'd be surprised at how good a speed tuning will sound.  Some pianos
won't sound any better after three hours of tuning as opposed to this brief 
encounter.

There is a world record. Steve Fairchild from Connecticut claims this. At a 
seminar
he gave a demonstration of a 1/2 step pitch raise and tuning in 18 minutes. 
Check
the Guinnes Book to check his record.

Regards,
Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
http://www.stanwoodpiano.com
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