tuning time

[Don]

Hi Keith,

Do you know if the 5 minute tuning/pitch correction was close enough to
pass the PTG test? Or was it checked in that manner?

At 09:10 PM 12/29/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>>Don wrote:
>>  > I believe the worlds record for raising pitch 100 cents is held by Steve
>>>  Fairchild--at 300 seconds! Now *THAT* is bionic.
>>
>>Well..... I'd like to have seen the readout on the result myself before
>>drawing any big time conclusions.... tho now doubt he was as adept as
>>they come at pitch raising.
>>Richard Brekne ...
>
>==================
> From an earlier post of mine dated January 26, 2000:
>Fairchild's record is 5 minutes.  He practiced on a Baldwin 
>Acrosonic, lowering and raising the pitch a half step.  I once asked 
>him if he was still capable of such a feat.  He replied something to 
>the effect, "I'm a little rusty now.  Probably would take me at least 
>9 minutes."  :-)
>  ==================
>
>Keith McGavern
>Registered Piano Technician
>Oklahoma Chapter 731
>Piano Technicians Guild
>USA
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>

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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