<<I suggest they let their ear be the guide. >> I schedule the follow-up right then and there. Many of these clients haven't tuned thier pianos in TEN years or more...or maybe NEVER! SO I never leave it up to them to determine when/if their piano needs tuning. We've ALL heard the voice of a first-time client on the phone saying, "it doesn't sound too bad", or it's a little off but pretty close". Then you get there and find it 100 cents flat! Terry Peterson ----Original Message Follows---- From: Andrew and Rebeca Anderson <anrebe@sbcglobal.net> Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Subject: RE : How to explain a pitch adjustment..and! Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:03:43 -0600 Agreed, which is why I make piano voicing (as opposed to hammer voicing) an integral part of a pitch raise. I then tell the client that having moved the tension that much it is more likely that the piano will need fine tuning again in a shorter than usual interval. I suggest they let their ear be the guide. When invited to do so they do listen critically to the piano (unless the pocket-book is thin) and we get to talk about regulation and voicing. Andrew Anderson At 06:03 AM 12/21/2005, you wrote: >I think there is a factor that was not mentioned. For large pitch >raises, the wire bends at the bridge pins and under the capo will be >moved toward the tuning pins. These bends will take more time to stretch >and will make the tuning go out within a few days/weeks/months. The >soundboard movement will settle faster than these wire bends IMHO. > >Marcel Carey, RPT >Sherbrooke, QC > > > > > > <<Are you suggesting that tuning pin movement is the source > > of pitch instability after pitch correction?>> > > > > Nope. It's the change in TENSION precipitated by the > > excessive pin movements > > (during the PR) that cause instability. When large amounts of > > tension are > > added,(which can and often is THOUSANDS of pounds!) the piano must > > distribute this tension; it does not do so immediately, as we know. > > Similarly, after installing a DC I will always let the piano > > aclimate for at > > least two weeks before tuning, as the pitch will almost always drop, > > sometimes substantially). IF the client is going to play the > > piano only > > occasioanlly, I will then schedule the next tuning in 6 months . > > > > Terry Peterson > > > > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > > From: Don <pianotuna@yahoo.com> > > Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Subject: Re: How to explain a pitch adjustment..and! > > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:53:44 > > > > Hi Terry, > > > > Are you suggesting that tuning pin movement is the source of > > pitch instability after pitch correction? > > > > At 04:24 PM 12/20/2005 -0800, you wrote: > > >Depending on the amount of PR, ususally more than 12C, I > > always schedule a >"follow-up" tuning in 1-3 months, > > explaining that after restoring all that >loststring > > tension, the piano now must "settle" and adjust to that added > > >tension, and it some shifting of will occur. So the > > follow-up is crucial > > in > > >building long term stabilty. And that tuning will leave the > > piano much > > more > > >stable because tuning pin movement will be much smaller > > than during the >initial PR and tuning. Again, never a > > problem. > >Terry Peterson > > > > Regards, > > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. > > Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat > > >mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > >3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 >306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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