Moving from Uprights to Grands

[David Ilvedson]

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I used a temp strip for years but once I got into tuning with an=
 ETD, I've gone to 2 mutes.   Any appreciable tension change,=
 mute free or not means a second pass.  That's a given right? =
 "Fine Tuning" means the tension is withing a cent or 2.   I'd be=
 interested in knowing if temp strip tuners are stripping off the=
 entire piano before proceeding?  

David I.







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Received: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:06:41 EDT
Subject: Re: Moving from Uprights to Grands


Hi, Susan and Michael et al,
The whole business of strip muting for either the temperament=
 octave or even into the further reaches of the piano has alway=
 been controversial here in UK.  Probably like Michael I was=
 trained very traditionally, to discard the strip mute quite=
 early on and rely on one's ear for laying the temperament with=
 just two wedges.  It has always been looked down upon in the=
 profession here if a tuner still has to use a temperament strip,=
 almost suggesting that his/her ear is not reliable enough to do=
 without it.  The analogy being a baby's walking frame I suppose!=
   Because  of this early influence I can actually feel 'ashamed'=
 if I resort to using  a strip or rubber gang mute on a difficult=
 piano. Do i need psychoanalysis?  However, I could actually=
 argue pretty stongly in favour of using them with very small=
 grands and uprights where inharmonicity is so pronounced that=
 setting an acceptable temperament can take more than one pass,=
 and using this aid would be quicker.  When this topic comes=
 under discussion over here it is generally argued that the=
 temperament is not exactly the same when you return to complete=
 the unisons and that the whole excercise can be more time=
 consuming.
It would be interesting to know what proportion of tuners is=
 'mute free'
Ric


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