etd tunings

[Z! Reinhardt]

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  From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 9:35 AM
  Subject: Re: etd tunings


  In a message dated 6/5/02 8:07:03 AM Central Daylight Time, =
lesbart1@juno.com (Leslie W Bartlett) writes:=20



    So, two passes, from 100 cents out, and he says it should last, on =
most=20
    pianos, a year.=20


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  If, on the one hand, this fellow is such a high falootin' musically =
superior professional, what the heck is he doing trying to tune a piano =
which is 1/2 step low?  That is a *seriously* substandard state for a =
piano to be found in.  The first question I'd be asking is *why* is it =
so low?  Someone mentioned that raising the pitch 100 cents would add =
about a ton or so.  Actually, it is more like 4 tons!  Who in his right =
mind could ever claim that he just went in and *hot dogged* a piano up =
100 cents and it stayed in tune perfectly for an entire year?  Sheeesh!=20

  I haven't seen one opinion yet that says this is possible.  The =
consensus seem to be that this is a highly inflated claim.=20

  Bill Bremmer RPT=20
  Madison, Wisconsin=20
  Click here: -=3Dw w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =3D-=20


  Wait a minute ... whose piano are we talking about?  The =
musician/technician's or that belonging to some customer of his?  How =
often does this technician "visit" this customer to verify how well the =
piano is doing?  Or is he going by the word of the customer who feels =
that the piano is still in its "improved" state after such a pitch =
raise?

  Whaddya-wanna bet this technician is working under very tight =
time/budgetary constraints and is trying to keep the appointment as =
short as possible ... and the customer wants him to promise that the =
piano will stay in tune for a year or more?  Or how often does this =
technician hear "but the piano still sounds fine!" when he calls to set =
up a follow-up appointment?

  Is this technician regularly in contact with other technicians or is =
he at the mercy of the opinions of his customers?

  We all know that a piano is never "perfectly in tune" and even in the =
most ideal situations, should have its share of touch-ups to keep the =
intervals combed out and the unisons locked in.  Many of us on this list =
have worked with many top-notch musicians who are reputed to be "very =
fussy" only to be "out-fussed" by one (or more) of us.

  Z! Reinhardt  RPT
  Ann Arbor  MI
  diskladame@provide.net

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