When is anyone going to comment of mute moving, technique, etc. And if it makes any difference, I tune with Cybertuner. Thanks to anyone that chimes in, uaine We've discussed the pros and cons of muting and tuning unisons as you go on this list not too long ago. I tune unisons on the fly using an SAT IV. I find it saves time, and gives me a more stable tuning. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician 94-505 Kealakaa Str. Mililani, Oahu, HI 96789 808-349-2943 www.Bleespiano.com Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com 94-505 Kealakaa Str. Mililani, Oahu, HI 96789 808-349-2943 www.Bleespiano.com Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Duaine & Laura Hechler <dahechler at att.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sun, Nov 1, 2009 5:48 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] the thread regarding number of tunings Kerry wrote: Marshall, You’ve had some good advice, and I’d like to elaborate on it a little. I remember the first piano I tuned completely took me over four hours. Now it takes me about an hour, and the way I remember improving my speed was to divide up the amount of time I had to spend into sections: temperament, octaves and unisons (ETD tuners can modify this as desired ;-) The point is to break the time up into manageable chunks, which makes it much easier to stay on schedule. When I was doing a lot of concert work, classical and other, this technique helped me meet time constraints more than anything else. If you know you only have 10 minutes for the temperament, you can avoid nit-picking and you’ll end up with enough time to do the unisons right, which I consider the most important and obvious part of most tunings. Plan your tuning and tune to your plan. Good luck and keep at it – it takes time to build up a good tuning business. Kerry Kean www.ohiopianotuner.com <http://www.ohiopianotuner.com/> My actual tuning time is getting faster BUT .... When is anyone going to comment of mute moving, technique, etc. And if it makes any difference, I tune with Cybertuner. Thanks to anyone that chimes in, uaine -- uaine Hechler iano, Player Piano, Pump Organ uning, Servicing & Rebuilding eed Organ Society Member lorissant, MO 63034 314) 838-5587 ahechler at att.net ww.hechlerpianoandorgan.com - ome & Business user of Linux - 10 years -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091101/46565d0a/attachment-0001.htm>
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