stability of pitch raises (Ron's question)

[Farrell]

Hey buster! Were you a beginner in this profession at some point or were you
born with a tuning wrench in one hand and a tuning fork in the other? I'll
bet your mother wasn't any too pleased when came breast feeding time!  :-(

Got just a little quicker and a little smarter today.  :-)   You'll get a
progress report in 2003. I will likely be doing things entirely different
then.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: stability of pitch raises (Ron's question)


> >Not certain if this is what you're looking to read, but here goes.
>
> Hi Keith,
> It wasn't exactly, but turns out that it is anyway. This speaks nicely to
> the point I was trying to make. For a single pass tuner, at some general
> point of pitch deviation a preliminary pass will be necessary to produce
an
> acceptable tuning. This costs more time because the tuner must go over the
> piano twice. This applies to both ETD and aural. For the habitual two pass
> tuner using an ETD, there shouldn't be a significant difference in time
> spent between a first pass on an "at pitch" piano, and one that's 15 cents
> off, so there doesn't seem to be much justification for pitch adjustment
> charges from two pass ETD users unless, Like John M and Ron K said, it's
> WAY off and requires a third pass. Then there's Terry, who just might be
> working too hard. I'll have to check back with him in a couple of years
> when his schedule fills up and get an update.
>
>
> Ron N