<HTML>In a message dated 1/12/02 3:50:05 AM !!!First Boot!!!, stephen_airy@yahoo.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Also, how does someone do a tuning in 5 or 10 minutes? I would like to see it done sometime.  What would you say would be the fastest a 100 to 200 cent pitchraise could be done? </BLOCKQUOTE> Stephen A 5 - 10 minute tuning is basically a touch up. It would involve listening to a note, (all three strings), and identifying an out of tune string, and fixing it. It would be almost impossible, (except for Steve Fairchild), to tune a whole piano, moving every string, and move the hammer any faster than that 10 minutes. Raising pitch from 100 or 200 cents flat is no difference than rasing pitch from 10 cents sharp. It does not take any appreciable more time to crank a note 100 cents as it does 10 cents. But It is the last 4 or 5 cents that are crucial in a pitch raise. That is when you might want to slow down, and get the string in tune. Having said that. I can do a quick one pass on a pitch raise in about 10 minutes. (not counting taking off the vase parts, and putting in the temperament strip) I am not listening to beats, or intervals. I am just getting the string within that 4 or 5 cents, so I can work on a stable tuning the next time. Wim </HTML>