The first tie i tuned my six-string after becoming a piano tuner, it took me 45 minutes and i was unhappy with the result. It used to take me about 2 minutes... On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Mr. Mac's <tune-repair at allegiance.tv>wrote: > List, > > Something happened many years ago (late 1900s') that startled me. > > During a seminar a colleague and I took a break, > whereupon he shared with me his Martin guitar > in his hotel room. > > Customarily, when someone pulls a guitar out of a case > and hands it to me, my first instinct is to check the tuning. > So, I did that, and decided some changes needed to be made. > > Pause: > As an aside, the few Martin guitars I have experienced have had > high actions (strings very far up from the fretboard), hence > making it extremely difficult to satisfy any efforts on my part > to produce a harmonious tuning to my ears. > > Unpause: > So, after fooling around, I did the best I could do, played a few chords, > decided the high action was killing my fingers, and > handed that guitar back to the owner and acknowledged > the best compliment I could muster to the owner. > > Want to guess what the first thing that happened after that? > He retuned what I had just tuned. Holy Mackerel! > > Here two so-called RPTs' had completely different ideas > as to what sounded correct with this 6-string Martin guitar. > > Imagine, if you will, what is going on > when discussion takes place regarding a piano tuning, > the methodology used and each individual's perceptions. > > Excuse me, but Holy Mackerel, again! > > These are some early Monday morning thoughts following > last week's intensive discussions. > > Sincerely, > > Keith McGavern, RPT > pianostuff.kamcam.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110131/339160bd/attachment.htm>
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