<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Forgive me if I'm rehashing a subject = that has been discussed before, but I've been trying a lot of different tuning = patterns on many different pianos.  Although I've only been tuning part-time = for two years now, I seem to keep coming back to the pattern I first = learned.  Here is what I do.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1.  Strip mute the entire = piano</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Tune the temperament (I use a = Vrtituner but prefer to do aural tuning checks as I go)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. Tune octaves down to the tenor/bass = break (using aural checks to make sure everything sounds ok)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4. Tune octaves up all the way to C88 = (using aural checks to make sure everything sounds ok)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>5.  Using the back muting method = with a single rubber mute, pull in all the unisons from C88 on down to the bass/tenor break.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>6.  Tune down to A0 from the = tenor/bass break, pulling in the bi-chords as I go along.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's it.  I've tried doing = unisons as I go but for some reason, I seem to get a better tuning overall if I use = the above method.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I curious what some you you seasoned = veterans think about this method - it's advantages and/or drawbacks.  = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What patterns have you found to work best?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance for your = responses!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Corte Swearingen</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Associate Member = PTG</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>