Blind Pitch Raises

[Farrell]

Your comments seem more realistic to me Patrick. I wonder, even with these 
factory tuners, after a very fast PR, if these pianos are ready for a fine 
tuning?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
> Can it be done? Sure, if you went on a factory tour in the late 70s
> there would be a half dozen chippers pulling just strung backs up to
> pitch, and several more factory floor tunings. Working for piecework,
> they were very very fast, many of them blind. Not many of us get (or
> got) that kind of training (or working conditions).
> So in the "real world" I use muting strips and mutes, and almost
> always do "two full tunings" (with appropriate overpull in the first
> run through) in one appointment. No need to be frenetic, unless that's
> your preference.
> On the other hand, if you've got a warehouse full of incredibly flat
> pianos to pull up, go ahead and practice for the speed drills!
> Patrick Draine
>
>
> On 6/29/07, mps at usol.com <mps at usol.com> wrote:
>> It is a mystery to me how some of us techs can do a blind PR without
>> mutes (and in just several minutes). It is quite apparent when raising
>> one string of a 3 string unison, the other two will sound in addition to
>> the one being raised. This can confuse me and I am usually off when I
>> end this technique. I end up doing almost two full tunings because I
>> can't seem to get this down with any speed.
>> Does anyone have suggestions to assist in this problem?
>> I've been running into quite a few 100-120 cents flat pianos as of late
>> and as you know, time is money.
>>
>> Thank you
>> Mark