ETD Unisons was something else

[Richard Wolff]

John- do you tune all 3 strings using the SAT, or just the center?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ross" <piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: ETD Unisons was something else


> Hi,
> I use the SATlll for the last 2 octaves for tuning the unisons. I
> find it easier, and I have not had a single customer complain,
> and they still get me back. I go back over by ear, and sometimes
> I will find a unison has slipped, but that is not the machines
> fault, since it is just one string of the three.
> The odd time I will increase or decrease the stretch.
> Regards,
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 4:24 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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