Quickie Pitch Raise

[Farrell]

I can't imagine it would say anything about such a method. But I don't have
a PTG training manual, so I can't be sure.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kurt Eichenbach" <keichenbach@austin.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: Quickie Pitch Raise


> Hi Terry,
>
> It seems everything I've read or heard about pitch raises says you have
> to raise each and every string.  And, of course, there is a curve
> strategy involved.  I guess I need to go and review the texts.  But
> then again, different people find things that work.  So it could be
> good news if your process works.  What does the PTG training manual
> have to say on this matter?
>
> Kurt Eichenbach
>
>
> On Thursday, January 15, 2004, at 03:00  AM, Don wrote:
>
> > Hi Terry,
> >
> > You might want to investigate "deaf or blind tuning" in the archives.
> > The
> > trick is to use it on the "last string" that you tune in any unison.
> > Because I feel that almost all tunings are pitch corrections (anything
> > over
> > 4 cents) I nearly constantly use the pitch overcompensation feature of
> > Reyburn Cyber Tuner.
> >
> > 75 minutes does not make you a slow tuner, sorry to disappoint you
> > there!
> > *grin*
> >
> > I believe that for the method you are describing that stability will be
> > less than with more traditional practises. I don't have "hard data"
> > but the
> > pianos were I have used "deaf" tuning for part of the initial tuning
> > are
> > much wilder in those same areas when I return to service them the next
> > time. However I'm talking about changes of 100 plus cents, not the 16
> > that
> > you speak of.
> >
> > At 08:45 PM 1/14/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >>    the "quickie" pitch  raise.   &H (Aolean) console (junk) that was
> >> up to
> >> 10 cents  flat.     cents sharp (bring the one  string up sharp
> >> enough for
> >> both strings), and the left string of the tricords up  maybe 15 or 16
> >> cents
> >> (enough for all three strings plus enough for the overpull  thing). By
> >> doing that, the total tension on the system is up to A440. Therefore,
> >>  when
> >> I go to tune on the next pass, I am not making any overall pitch
> >> adjustments - I just set each string to target pitch without
> >> concerning
> >> myself  with overpull, etc. This way the pitch raise goes very fast
> >> because
> >> you only  adjust one string - instead of three.   I am not a fast
> >> tuner,
> >> but the little trashy console I did  this morning was between zero
> >> and 10
> >> cents flat. I tuned it at the proper pitch  (and I mean it was a real
> >> good
> >> tuning where all notes were right where I wanted  them) in 75
> >> minutes.   I
> >> find that you don't really want to try this with a piano  that is
> >> more than
> >> 10 cents off pitch in any area. But for the piano that is just  a tad
> >> flat
> >> or that just has one section that is a tad flat, this might be a
> >> quick
> >> good thing to try.   Am I reinventing the wheel?   Terry Farrell
> >
> > Regards,
> > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
> >
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