concert tuning procedure @ intermission

[Patrick C Poulson]

Jay: He might have been settling in unstable strings, or trying to seat some
strings to eliminate false beats.  I would guess the first one as the most
likely. Patrick Poulson, RPT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Mercier" <jaymercier@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 2:38 PM
Subject: concert tuning procedure @ intermission


> List,
>
> After witnessing the first set of the Keith Jarrett trio, I thought it
would
> be good to settle back to what's familiar - watching the technician polish
> up the unisons at intermission.
>
> What was supposed to be familiar, wasn't, - he was fine-tuning treble/high
> treble near the bridge with a tool I'm unfamiliar with, or at least I
> couldn't see it very well in the dim lighting.
>
> I'm sure most of you know what he was using and how he was tuning, but I
> don't. Could anyone fill me in?
>
> Jay Mercier
> Associate member,
> Twin Cities Chapter PTG
> Glenwood, MN
>
>
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