[pianotech] "Repeatable" tuning

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Add another.  I got mine when it seemed as though my carpal tunnel syndrome was returning about 15 years after I had had tunnel release surgery on both wrists.  I was fearful that my tuning days would soon be over if a repeat surgery was unsuccessful. 

Using an ETD/ETA seemed the only way to go if I was reduced to what was effectively one finger on one hand.  I had experimented during recovery from my initial surgeries and found that one fingered intervals and checks made while using damper/sostenudo were difficult, at best.

I recovered w/o surgery, but still had the RCT. I chose not to just put it on a shelf and found that I really liked it's labor saving ability and incorporated it into my arsenal.

Conrad Hoffsommer




Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:22:36 -0800
From: skline at peak.org
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] "Repeatable" tuning



  


    
  
  
    

    
        When overdubs are done in a recording studio, a cent or two
          can make a difference, particularly in the bass.  And if
          anyone thinks that they can aurally put C6 in as consistent a
          place as the SAT (say, within .5 cents), I will have to see it
          to believe it.
        
        Regards,

          
          Ed Foote RPT

                  http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
          

                
      
    Yes, Ed, point taken. I was thinking about your post last night, and
    realized that if I were tuning for multi-day recordings on a regular
    basis, instead of about as often as lightning strikes, I would use
    an ETD, as insurance, and also so I could sometimes touch up tunings
    while being sure that whole areas hadn't shifted a cent or two,
    instead of doing it all from scratch every day. 

    

    Okay, my list for when a machine is needed now reads: 

    

    (1) for someone who is losing hearing in the top octave, but
    needs/wants to go on working

    

    (2) for someone doing regular bulk tuning in noisy environments

    

    (3) for someone often doing tuning for recordings ... at least, for
    checking after the tuning is done aurally, on the second or third
    day of a session

    

    (4) pitch raising? (It's still awfully easy to do that aurally,
    though the machine might have some edge) 

    

    (5) someone who often has to tune two or three or however many
    pianos to each other, without being able to move them so they can be
    played at the same time. 

    

    So, I won't get one just yet ................. but I don't think
    they all belong on the bonfire. Well, I never thought that, I just
    didn't want to use one. 

    

    Notice what isn't on the list: a way to start tuning for money
    without doing one's aural homework first. 

    

    Regards, 

    Susan 
 		 	   		  
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