Hi Kristinn. I use six rubber mutes and otherwise tune as your colleague below does. This is not unusuall at all really. I have even heard it said from some "most respected" techs here in Norway that temperment strips are only for amatures and beginners. (Not that I aggree with that standpoint mind you.....) In any case... I like to tune my unisons as I go. I end up with a double pass tuning in which the second pass starts about an octave and a half after the first one. I start from the temperement area, rough in and spread out on either side... then refine the temperament, then increase the roughed area on both sides while refining reference notes ... and continue such. A third pass is mostly just a check and slight touch up. Takes me about an hour and 15 minutes to do a piano. A bit slow compared to some claims I have heard but I am comfortable with this routine. Gives me a nice solid tuning. Kristinn Leifsson wrote: > Hi, > > As some of you may know, one has to meddle a little bit around with a > temperament in order to get it working. > > Thatīs why I raised an eyebrow when a colleague of mine told me he > tuned only using two mutes. No temperament strip, so when he does the > temperament he has to tune all the strings of a given unison, and then > tunes the next note. > Now, if he has to change a note, (which is quite normal when tuning > temperament as you know) he has to tune all the unisons again! He > says it doesnīt take more time, that the time of putting the strip in > weighs against the time it takes to tune all the strings all the time. > > This is as rheumatic as two dry toasts, I feel. (plagiarized from > Shakespeare) > > What do you think? Do any of you do this? > > > Kristinn > -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
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