I'd like to see the day when: A tuner can pitch raise and fine tune any piano that's say, 250 cents flat, in one pass and under 2 hours, without muting the piano. Use of a SAT or similar device is permitted, but can it be done (in the future) without one? --- Tvak@AOL.COM wrote: > I do all my pitch raises using RCT, so I end up very > close to pitch after the > first pass. If the piano is 50 cents flat or more, > I have always warned the > client that a pitch-raised tuning is a less stable > tuning, and that their > piano may need another tuning in 3 or 4 months. > Rarely do they actually > call me in 3 months. Most often I come back in a > year...OR TWO, and I am > usually surprised at how well the piano has stayed > in tune. Not that the > piano doesn't need a tuning, but it's tolerable > enough that I can understand > why I haven't been called back sooner. I suppose > it's possible that the > piano did all its drifting in the first 3 months, > and just stayed there, but > I'm starting to wonder about the conventional wisdom > that a pitch-raised > tuning is less stable. > > Could it be that the use of the RCT negates the > instability issue by virtue > of getting the piano so close to pitch after the > first pass? > > Any thoughts? > > Tom Sivak __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com
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