[pianotech] setting up and tuning

[Avery Todd]

That's one of the good things about working for a store. One has  
plenty of instruments to do that kind of thing. It sure helped me my  
first several years of learning!

Avery Todd

On Dec 11, 2009, at 10:04 AM, "James Johnson" <jhjpiano at sbcglobal.net>  
wrote:

> Here's what I would suggest.  If you have a piano or pianos  
> available that aren't customers instruments, tune them working  
> strictly on speed, not fine accuracy.  Do it a number of times,  
> pushing for more and more speed.  After 5-10 speed tunings, tune a  
> piano for accuracy.  I think you will find that your speed will have  
> increased without sacrificing quality.  Do this periodically and  
> you'll get faster and faster each time.  Working for speed  forces  
> you to rely on your ear to make quick decisions instead of over  
> thinking the process.  You want to get to a point where your ears  
> and your hands work together without having to think about the  
> process.
>
> Jim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marshall Gisondi
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 4:50 AM
> Subject: [pianotech] setting up and tuning
>
> Hi Everyone,
> Well I don't have an EDT to warm up. I guess I warm up my ears for  
> tuning. :-)  or big grin as some of you guys type in.
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> Tuning for me is different. Some pianos take longer than others.  Do  
> anyof you have this trouble?  I notice some of you say it takes  
> about an hyour in a h alf hour and fifteen minutes.  The biggest  
> struggle I have is not a lack of confidence.  The school sure helped  
> me with this.  My struggle is getting everything perfect or at least  
> sounding as good as possible.  I feel as if I'm doing a disservice  
> if I am not too picky with the piano.  So it leads me to ask, how  
> can I just go in and tune that piano and get it done and not labor  
> over so much?  Where is that fine line of "it's only going to be so  
> good" and I've been here so long    and the last train is coming in  
> a half hour?"
>
> I have a stanley tool box the school gave us plastic with the tray  
> that lifts out when I open it.  If any of you can suggest a better  
> tool case/box, I'm all open to it.  This thing is so cramped and  
> hard to find things in.  Thanks
> Marshall
>
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> Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician
> Marshall's Piano Service
> pianotune05 at hotmail.com
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>  Vancouver, WA
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