Hi Charles, What tuning devise/program are you using. I have an answer for one of them. Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Neuman" <piano@charlesneuman.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 4:10 AM Subject: spinet octaves > I don't mean to start a spinet-bashing session, but I just want to see if > it's me or the piano: > > When tuning a spinet, I find it hard to make nice clean octaves. (I use an > ETD to tune, but I also do everything aurally as I tune, for practice.) > The other day, the customer was sitting in the same room as me while I > tuned. I was embarassed that I was tuning their piano and couldn't get a > clean-sounding octave! So I moved on, worried about what the final result > would sound like. She didn't seem to notice anything wrong. I'm still not > sure if I did any good to the piano or not. > > So do I need more practice, or am I doing what can be done? Note: I don't > seem to have this problem on a Steinway B. > > By the way, those Baldwin spinets have a surprisingly good sound for their > size, I have to admit. I always emphasize that to the customer, and they > seem proud. I still would rather not be near one, but for what they are, > they seem not so bad. > > Charles Neuman > PTG Assoc, Long Island - Nassau > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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