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What I've been doing with my pitch raises, say 25¢ or more, is two
quick rough tunings. I.e., two pitch raises, with a little more time
spent on the second pass. I'm tuning aurally, but I'm finding that the
end result is usually pretty good...surprisingly so. Usually I'm done
in 50 minutes or less, and focus on octaves and unisons primarily. I
tell the customer not to expect the greatest tuning, and that it needs
to be fine tuned in a month or so. And, that this is part of the
process of getting it back to where it needs to be.<br>
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I'm charging just the regular tuning fee for each appointment. Seems to
go over pretty well with most people, and it's easier on me because I'm
not straining myself to get results that the piano really isn't quite
ready for until it has had some time to get over the tension increase.<br>
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Now, I'm using the Reyburn Cyber Hammer for verticals, and would not do
the above if I had to use a traditional lever. Just too much pain. But
with the RCH, it's a breeze.<br>
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But, in the desperate condition which Terry described below, I might do
2 really quick pitch raises (15 min or less per), followed by one not
so quick. I'd try to be out the door in an hour, though. I just don't
think it's worth spending time on a piano that neglected until it's
stable enough.<br>
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JF<br>
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Farrell wrote:
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">There was a recent tread on how
much a piano will drop in pitch over the years. This afternoon I have
an appointment to tune a piano the owner bought new 28 years ago, and
she knows for a fact (or at least that what she says) that it has never
been tuned. I'll report back.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Terry Farrell</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">1978 Kimball spinet. Her parents
bought it for her new when she was a kid. She has owned it for 20
years. She knows it has not been tuned in the past 20 years. She thinks
that her parents had not had it tuned in the first eight years either,
but was not sure. From the way it sounded, my guess is that they had
not had it tuned!</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Bass was 80 cents flat. Tenor was
100 cents flat. Treble ranged from 130 to 180 cents flat.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Two pitch raises and a "fine" tuning
(as y'all know, one doesn't fine tune an instrument like this!).</font></div>
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