In a message dated 8/11/2007 11:17:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, paulrevenkojones at aol.com writes: "How long an exam do you want?" Hi Paul. A piano uniformly 3 or 4 cents flat will better simulate the average piano in the field. That's not flat enough to skew the accuracy of the test by reason of instability - especially since we are moving only center strings. The current method of one string flat, one sharp is very annoying, because we NEVER see a piano like that out in the field. If the piano were detuned 8 cents, then a pitch raise would be needed, and 20 min could be allowed for that. It wouldn't need to to be scored, the tuning test itself would score it. I adjust pitch all day long, during or prior to tuning, depending on the situation. The tuning test should simulate that IMHO. Bob Maret, RPT Piano Technician ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070811/ce212b12/attachment.html
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