SV: tuning timing

[David Ilvedson]

A ETD can take a lot of that stress out of the work!  Use your 
ear/brain when it's needed not before.

David I.

On 23 Jan 2001, at 8:59, Richard Brekne wrote:

> One thing that seems to sort of saturate such advice is not directly
> mentioned, but I think lies close to the root of many techs
> (begginging and experienced alike) problems with this or any other
> area of tuning. Frustration. Dont let it get to you. One of the nice
> benifits of the three pass approach is that the first two are taken
> without any real expectations or worry... you just slop it in... the
> second pass of course gets evened out a bit more carefully, but you
> dont stress it.
> 
> Thats one of the big keys to all this. Dont get stressed. Find ways of
> avoiding stress / frustration... and ways of beating it down when you
> feel it coming on.
> 
> Billbrpt@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
> > In a message dated 1/22/01 7:08:05 PM Central Standard Time,
> > pianola@online.no (Ola Andersson) writes:
> > 
> > 
> >> I got a tip from the great Dr. Jim Coleman that sometimes appear on
> >> this list that help me alot. For a bad piano (wich I often get) I
> >> first do a pitch raise then a rough tuning and then I start to
> >> tune. This stabilise the pressure on the bridge so the treble don't
> >> fool you after tuning the tenor part. Also by this time you have
> >> pitch rasied the bass so not very much will happen with the
> >> pressure when you tune it. This way I don't have to fight with the
> >> last octave. When I feel I start to fight and move the strings to
> >> much  I rather do a quick rough tuning and then starts to tune
> >> again. Jim Coleman said this way was faster and I've found that to
> >> be true. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I learned the same thing from Jim Coleman Sr RPT now 22 years ago. 
> > It was as true then as it is now.  His partner in the lecture also
> > confirmed this with the saying I always keep in mind,
> > (paraphrasing), "You can tune it twice or even 3 times or more
> > faster and easier than you can fight with it once".  Believe it, my
> > friends, it's true.  Even if it's just one section such as the
> > treble or high treble which is too far off, you will be able to
> > finsh the job sooner and have a more stable piano by doing a rough
> > tuning as quickly as possible, followed by a fine tuning than if you
> > attempt to fine tune any portion of the piano which is off pitch.
> > 
> > Bill Bremmer RPT
> > Madison, Wisconsin
> 
> 
> -- 
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
> mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
> 
> 


David Ilvedson, RPT