Tuning

[Cy Shuster]

Got me, Terry; no, not *every* time.  "All generalizations are false."  I don't chip-tune to pitch after restringing in one pass!

TuneLab has upper limits, so you don't break strings: separate limits for wound and plain, so you can be more aggressive in the treble if you like.  I think I typically use 12% in the bass and something like 35% in the treble (the movers *still* haven't shown up yet).

I'd say the biggest one-pass raises I've done are in the area of 30-50 cents.  Doesn't mean they stay there, mind you...

--Cy--
shusterpiano.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Farrell 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 4:30 AM
  Subject: Re: Tuning


  Cy wrote:
  "pitch-raising (one pass, every time)"

  Every time? Even when the piano is a full step or more flat????????

  That would mean you're pulling treble strings in the range of 75+ cents sharp......

  Shirley you don't really mean.......  ;-)

  Terry Farrell
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Cy Shuster 
    To: Pianotech List 
    Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 10:51 PM
    Subject: Re: Tuning


    You've got to know aural tuning to get your RPT; that's why I went to North Bennet Street.

    Modern ETDs with microphones that measure each individual piano are light-years away from the Strobo-Tuners of the past.  I use TuneLab for pitch-raising (one pass, every time), and then fine-tune by ear.  All the recent discussion of estimating pitch raise percents aurally shows the worth of a good ETD.

    You need to have a knowledge of aural tuning to get the best out of an ETD: setting octave styles, and so on.

    --Cy--
    shusterpiano.com
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