speedy gonzales

[Tom Servinsky]

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List,
I remember years back going to the Little Red School House getting my =
first dose of speed and accuracy.  The discussion was on how long  =
should it take to regulate a set of dampers. Everyone gave their time =
estimates, some were as high as 4 hrs. .
Then in walks in one of the factory damper regulators who does nothing =
else but concert Yamaha damper regulation. 18 minutes top to bottom.  =
Done. He was turbo charged like nothing else I have ever witnessed.
The point in the discussion was we can either choose to pokey at a =
comfortable rate and do so-so work or we can go like a bat out of hell =
and have to pay extreme attention, something akin to a race car driver =
driving at 55 mph. vs. 220 mph.  Yamaha contends that working at an =
extreme fast rate yields not  only better production but with practice, =
better accuracy. You have to pay more attention and not let anything =
clog your thinking in order to do this correctly. However going at a =
snail's pace allows the mind to drift think about other things which are =
not pertinent to the issues at hand.
  I have never forgotten that bit of advise and I find that I have =
applied that to many of the repetitive tasks.
Tuning is high on the list for this idea.  10-15 mins. is just about all =
the time one really needs to make a pitch and tension adjustment. Like =
many have said on this list, it's really not a tuning as it is an =
adjustment. The goal is get the pitch into the ballpark without wasting =
valuable time and effort.
Tom Servinsky,RPT
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Wimblees@AOL.COM=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 7:54 PM
  Subject: Re: re : speedy gonzales


  In a message dated 4/20/02 11:47:03 PM !!!First Boot!!!, =
RNossaman@KSCABLE.com writes:=20



    Actually, the speed was the very least of the points. I have no =
doubt that=20
    under fifteen minute pitch raises are possible.=20

    Ron N=20



  I can do the actual pitch raise, cranking all strings up to "pitch," =
in about 10 minutes. The process of pitch raising and tuning takes about =
an hour to 1:15, depending on the piano.=20

  Wim  =20

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