Hey, kids---I do a pitch raise aurally, exactly like I do a tuning, but quicker, with about a 1/3 overpull, less or more depending on the piano and the situation; I, like Fenton, spend a little more time on the temperament (my order is temperament, then down to the bottom, then up to the top from F#4;) it just makes it more bearable and pleasant as I speed through. I like a pitch raise; it's more money, and I like to challenge myself to leave the piano ready for fine tuning at .5-1.5 cents low: my favorite tuning platform. Takes me 25 or 30 minutes. I usually charge $75.00..... David Andersen On Feb 18, 2007, at 4:33 PM, Fenton Murray wrote: > No challenge felt here, I'm honored to be asked. > I'd probably agree with most of what JF has said below. It is a > feel thing based on roughly a 1/3 over pull on my first note A440. > >From there I usually tune single strings everywhere but the bass. > A couple extra beats going into the tenor break, then backing off > into the treble. I save the bass for last, after pulling up the > unison elsewhere, I simply don't want to break bass strings. Every > piano is different and you get to know how they will behave. Old > rusty Chickerings are not going to be yanked up 1/3 over when they > are 100 c flat. Common sense there. Suesan Graham wrote 15 or 20 > years ago that the further flat the piano is the faster she tunes, > as things get closer, slow down and be more careful. Sometimes I am > absolutely right on after a 20 minute pass from 100 cents flat, > other times the treble is still down. If things aren't behaving > properly one should be looking at things like pin block fit or > bridge problems. I like to spend a bit of time on the temperment > even on pitch raises because I want to start creating that > foundation right away. I enjoy the challenge of pitch raises. It's > kind of like archery. > Fenton > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Formsma > To: Pianotech List > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 6:55 PM > Subject: Re: etds and ears > > John, > > I'm assuming you mean a pitch "raise." > > I haven't done any personal studies on it, but I accept the fact > that one will get a more accurate and stable pitch raise by tuning > unisons as he goes, from the bottom up. I think Dr. Sanderson > proved this many years ago, and my time with the Verituner > confirmed this to me. > > As a strictly aural tuner now, though, I don't have a choice except > to tune from the middle outward, unless it's a "blind" pitch raise, > which I personally never got the hang of. The way you get the right > overpull is to do pitch raises enough that you know sort of what to > expect. It becomes less of a guessing game and more of a "feel" > thing. You could think of it as knowing how many beats sharp to > tune it. As you learn through experience, you will find certain > types of pianos behaving more predictably. I generally set A4 1/3 > more than it is flat; e.g., if it's -10¢, I'll set it to +3¢. > > I use strip mutes in the whole piano, "Dan Levitan style." It takes > about 15 minutes for a pitch raise. It is generally not as accurate > as an ETD, but I have had occasions that many strings were as close > as an ETD could get in a first-pass pitch raise. > > There is probably lots of stuff in the archives. Good luck > searching for it! > > JF > > I would like to know from Fenton and from others how > they manage a pitch range aurally. I've often thought of going > completely to > aural tuning but am worried about how exactly to estimate overpull, > and make > it as efficient and close as my SAT does in one pass when in pitch > range mode. > I've also heard that it's a preferred method to go from bottom to top, > unisons as you go, when raising/correcting pitch. I'd love to hear > aural > tuners' takes on this. (Understand I'm sincerely curious and NOT > challenging > anybody) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070218/da01ceea/attachment.html
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