That's true ... just the other day I tuned a piano that was 60-100 cents flat and wasn't tuned since 1978. As I tuned from A0 to C8, checking octaves along the way, everything was in tune. That's not to say that once the piano starts adjusting / shifting, how long it will stay in tune. But at least when I left in was in tune ... with - one - pass ! Farrell wrote: >Ed Foote wrote: >"Usually I don't see more than 15% of the strings as freebies, though." > >Well Ed, I guess you and me are just using the wrong tools. If we used RCT, >we could "tune 99.99% of the time in one pass to A440" - apparently even >from a half-step flat. > >How 'bout them cow pies? > >Terry Farrell > -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Organ, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild Reed Organ Society Member St. Louis, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler@charter.net
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