[pianotech] How to analyze an existing tuning

[paul bruesch]

I'm reluctant to speak for others, but it seems rather clear to me that the
unnamed OP asked two distinct questions. One was about analyzing a piano
prior to tuning it. The second one relates to tuning stability in the
process of tuning... not in pre-tuning analysis.

I originally read the questions rather quickly and was likewise confused...
why do you want to set pins before you tune? So I re-read the post and
discovered the second question... actually second and third questions,
which the third is mostly just a re-wording of the second.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN


On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Terry is right, but for showing up and doing a quick pitch-raise pass on
> an obvious "beater", if you really want to know, you should get your trip's
> worth, anyhow. But if you want to try to check without a full tuning, check
> those pins that are A) closest together B) nearest the edge of the block 3)
> in the low bass. (Most likely to be loose.) And do a quick run up the
> keyboard for notes so out of tune that they might have "spinning pins", and
> check those.
>
> Thumpe
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> * From: * pianolover 88 <pianolover88 at hotmail.com>;
> * To: * PIANOTECH at PTG.ORG <pianotech at ptg.org>;
> * Subject: * Re: [pianotech] How to analyze an existing tuning
> * Sent: * Wed, Dec 19, 2012 9:44:48 PM
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>   For the time it would take to "analyze/test *each* pin & string", you
> could just tune it!
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>
> Terry "UniGeezer" Peterson
> "Over 50, and not '2' Tired!"
> www.unigeezer.com <http://unigeezer.com/>
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> From: pianofortetechnology at saol.com
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:48:23 +0200
> Subject: [pianotech] How to analyze an existing tuning
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> May I ask you folks how you analyze a piano before you tune it, your
> procedure?  Also in particular I would like to know how one analyzes, for
> example, each tuning pin/string of a note though that particular note is
> showing/sounding as a clean sounding octave and unison?  Though it sounds
> good, how does one analyze/test each pin & string to make sure it is
> actually solid & stable?
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