learning tuning - (was: what pianos are good?)

[Farrell]

Be careful to not be misled in the high treble. So many of these little
pianos range from having lots of false beats to having a ton-and-a-half of
false beats. Prominent false beats will be hard to deal with from the
learning perspective. If it get wierd up there, it may not be you with the
problem - it may be the piano.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Neuman" <cneuman@phy.duke.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 10:39 AM
Subject: learning tuning - (was: what pianos are good?)


> > mstore@nic.fi writes:
> >> what pianos are usually good practiseing tuning on? what pianos are
> >> easy to tune?
> >
> > ALL pianos are easy to tune...
> > Willem
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> I am learning tuning on a relatively poor piano, a small vertical (console
> action in a studio sized cabinet) built in the 70's. At first I thought I
> couldn't learn to tune this piano. But when I got better at hearing the
> beats, I realized I could. All the necessary features are there. For
> example, I can hear the effect of stretching (or not) the octaves in the
> high treble. The main disadvantage is the short bass strings, which don't
> have the effects I'd probably hear in a large grand.
>
> An advantage of learning on a poor piano is that I am inspired to learn
> needed repairs. Also, I can appreciate good pianos more. For example, my
> piano has wound strings above F33. Larry Fine says that's a problem. Now I
> see why.
>
> Charles Neuman
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