This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment "If the piano is more than 8 cents off pitch it should be tuned a second = time that day to even off the tension. Just think how well the piano will sound a few = years later..." I'm trying to understand what you are saying here Jon. Are you saying = that if the piano is more than 8 cents flat (or sharp) you should first = do a pitch raise, and then do a separate tuning immediately after (or = later in the day for some reason?)? Please differentiate between tuning = and pitch raise and how many passes you might commonly do. If a piano is = 5 cents flat do you commonly only do one pass, raising the pitch 5 cents = while tuning? Thanks. Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jon Page=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 7:09 AM Subject: Re: stability of pitch raises At 09:56 PM 08/29/2001 -0400, you wrote: I do all my pitch raises using RCT, so I end up very close to pitch = after the=20 first pass. If the piano is 50 cents flat or more, I have always = warned the=20 client that a pitch-raised tuning is a less stable tuning, and that = their=20 piano may need another tuning in 3 or 4 months. Rarely do they = actually=20 call me in 3 months. Most often I come back in a year...OR TWO, and = I am=20 usually surprised at how well the piano has stayed in tune. Not = that the=20 piano doesn't need a tuning, but it's tolerable enough that I can = understand=20 why I haven't been called back sooner. I suppose it's possible that = the=20 piano did all its drifting in the first 3 months, and just stayed = there, but=20 I'm starting to wonder about the conventional wisdom that a = pitch-raised=20 tuning is less stable. =20 Could it be that the use of the RCT negates the instability issue by = virtue=20 of getting the piano so close to pitch after the first pass? Any thoughts? Tom Sivak=20 If the piano is more than 8 cents off pitch it should be tuned a = second time that day to even off the tension. Just think how well the piano will sound a = few years later... Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jon.page@verizon.net http://www.stanwoodpiano.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/68/86/55/94/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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