ETD Unisons was something else

[Farrell]

I do almost all unisons by ear. Once in a while I will check a really wierd
bass string unison with the AccuTuner. Where I do use it for unisons
sometimes is on noisy pianos in the very high treble. Especially little junk
spinets and consoles - anything with lots of false beats in the high
treble - I will tune unisons by ear until it seems that it doesn't make any
difference quite where I set it - then when I check with the AccuTuner, I
will usually see that I can get it closer with the machine than by ear. But
if I have a nice clean piano, I go all the way from bottom to top tuning
unisons by ear.

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 3:24 PM
Subject: ETD Unisons was something else


> We were getting into something interesting here that I wouldnt mind seeing
continued. I
> am wondering about different ETD users experience and preferences
concerning how to
> best use an ETD for aid in tuning unisons. Where and when you choose to do
unisons with
> ETD help, and what works best for you and why.
>
> Tom Cole wrote:
>
> > Don,
> >
> > On a quality piano, I will frequently tune the individual strings with
> > an ETD, single mute style, letting the machine do the grunt work, and
> > then putting on the final polish with the ear. Listening to (and
> > "looking at") each string separately gives me some clues as to how I
> > will go back over the unison aurally (if necessary).
> >
> > I'll leave it to others to figure out how to prevent those strings from
"coupling".
> > I've tried bundling boards and they're way too thick! ;-)
> >
> > Tom Cole
> >
>
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
> mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
>
>
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