ETD Pitch Raising

[Scott Jackson]

Paul,
Are your 'out-of-the-box' pianos usually flat? These days ours are pretty
close to pitch, so we can just do quicky tunings on them. Years ago Samicks
would be miles flat, thus needing some work; Yamahas would often be above
pitch, but we wouldn't pull them down, just let them come down as the
strings stretch. But these days these two manufacturers seem to have their
factory pitch about right, with only cheapy Chinese brands being badly off
by the time we see them. I can't speak about other brands though........

Scott Jackson

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Chick (EarthLink) <tune4@earthlink.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Tuesday, 28 January 2003 2:24
Subject: ETD Pitch Raising


>List Members
>Some on the list do floor tunings for piano dealers.  How much time do you
>spend doing a pitch raise ( lowering, correcting ) using an ETD, and does
>this task leave the paino in reasonable tune for a floor tuning.  Several
>times a year I'm faced with "bulk" tunings--time consuming, but doesn't pay
>well.  RCT claims a pitch raising program that can yield an acceptable
floor
>tuning with one pass.  Can this be done with Tune Lab Pro?  How much time
>does it take you?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Paul Chick
>
>