<!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 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>"What do fellow listers experience as the average amount of time a piano needs to settle from a pitch raise before it is ready for a fine tuning from 20 cents?  50 cents? 100 cents?"</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial>  20 cents = two seconds</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>  50 cents = five seconds</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>100 cents = ten seconds</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> In a message dated 7/7/2006 10:27:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "John M. Formsma" <</FONT><A href="mailto:john@formsmapiano.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>john@formsmapiano.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>> writes:<BR>> <BR>>>David,<BR>>><BR>>>This is one area where the ETD users might have an edge on us aural people.<BR>> <BR>> To borrow David Letterman's parlance, accurate, predictable pitch raising is the number one reason to use an ETD.  <BR>> <BR>>>Seems like the best policy is to schedule a real fine tuning after a few days when the piano >has had time to settle down and behave<BR>> <BR>> What do fellow listers experience as the average amount of time a piano needs to settle from a pitch raise before it is ready for a fine tuning from 20 cents?  50 cents? 100 cents?  <BR>> <BR>>>John Formsma<BR>> <BR>> Alan Eder, RPT<BR>></FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>