Mr. Andersen, <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> <div>Do you think the order in which the strings of a unison are tuned is significant? And if yes, what sequence do you use for tuning of unisons (i. e., which string do you tune first, second and third)?</div> <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> <div>Thanks,</div> <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> <div>Alan Eder<br> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: David Andersen <david@davidandersenpianos.com><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:03 am<br> Subject: Re: one mute<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_b13dd23f-a336-4984-858d-877a4b196d10"> 100% agree. Single mute tuning opens up new vistas of stability and precision; when it's practiced consistently, tunings get better, more musical, more "ringing," clearer. Your standard of listening, and of excellence, rise quickly. <div>David Andersen</div> <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> <div><br> <div> <div>On Mar 19, 2008, at 3:38 AM, Tom Servinsky wrote:</div> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "> <div><font face="Century Schoolbook" size="2">I could go on and on about the benefits of tuning unisons as you go. The bottom line is that you end up with a much more suitable tuning for the piano when all strings of a unison are taken into account. My temp strip is used for pitch adjustments and uprights only, but other than that, it stays in the tool case.</font></div> <div><font face="Century Schoolbook" size="2"> I don't know about many of you, but I'm multi-tasking as I tune as I'm voicing and dealing with false beats as I'm tuning the unisons. When I'm finally finished with a particular unison it's not only harmoniously in tune, but the unison is more stable and I've had the opportunity to deal<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><font face="Century Schoolbook" size="2">with the whole sound of the unison/ hammer event.</font></div> <div><font face="Century Schoolbook" size="2"> .</font><font face="Century Schoolbook" size="2">Making the adjustment to tune with a single mute requires some major adjustments but once that you've started to feel more comfortable with the procedure, you're tuning time diminishes and the amount of territory you cover increases</font><font face="Century Schoolbook" size="2">.</font></div> <div><font face="Century Schoolbook" size="2">Tom Servinsky</font></div> </span></blockquote></div> <br> </div> = </div>  </div> <div id='u8CA580DC2B0F14E-46C-3A81' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Supercharge your AIM. Get the <A title="http://download.aim.com/client/aimtoolbar?NCID=aolcmp00300000002586" href="http://download.aim.com/client/aimtoolbar?NCID=aolcmp00300000002586" target="_blank">AIM toolbar</A> for your browser.</FONT> </div>