stability of pitch raises

[Farrell]

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Sorry, I thought the humor was apparent in my post. Please do not be =
critical of me for being honest in my posts. I know fully that most on =
this list indicate they pitch raise and tune significantly faster than =
me. I am right around tuning my 1,000th piano. Maybe I am doing good for =
my experience level, maybe I'm behind the curve. I am doing my best. I =
will not compromise my end product. I strive to improve all the time. =
That is the best I can do. And it is good enough for me. I tuned a 30 =
cent-flat Samick console this morning (actually the highest two octaves =
were up to 75 cents flat). 30 minutes on the PR (almost all strings were =
well within 2 cents of target pitch - several notes with their =
respective unisons were right on - no further adjustment needed), and 50 =
minutes on the tuning. Sounded real good (or at least as good as any =
Samick can sound).
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Terry Farrell
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Jon Page=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:11 PM
  Subject: Re: stability of pitch raises


  At 11:17 AM 08/30/2001 -0400, you wrote:

    I specialize in sssssslllllooooooowwwww pitch raises. As a matter of =
fact, I
    am an expert. Although I am ssssslllloooooowwwwwwwly losing my touch =
 :-).
    My average pitch raise is 30 to 35 minutes. It was not that long ago =
that
    they were all taking me 50 to 60 minutes  :-(. Even a one hour pitch =
raise
    with proper use of an ETD (in my case the SAT) results in a very =
accurate
    pitch raise.

    Wouldn't adding additional tension to a string cause it to slowly =
stretch a
    tad after the initial tension increase? I have always assumed that =
to be the
    case when chipping the piano. I know it happened that way on my =
mother's
    clothes line (he said, setting himself up).

    Terry Farrell

  Pitch raising is wholesale tension application.  Get it down to 20 =
minutes or less.
  Tune from there.  A pitch raise and rough tuning - one hour.



  Jon Page,   piano technician
  Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
  mailto:jon.page@verizon.net
  http://www.stanwoodpiano.com
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