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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Benny, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> You've gotten a lot =
of good
suggestions, let me add one thought here. When I was at your level of =
learning,
(And the learning never ends, does it?), I was running into the same =
problems,
and couldn't figure out what was happening. Since then I have learned =
that a lot
of what I was hearing at the time weren't just tuning issues. I didn't =
know much
about leveling strings (Yeah, you can do it on uprights, too) string =
seating,
etc. Some of this you can get rid of, but not by "tuning" them away, no =
matter
how hard you try. You might want to think about this for a while, a see =
if it
turns out to be true for you. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> As Jim Coleman, Sr. =
once said,
"The secret to unison tuning is (sometimes) knowing when to quit. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> You've got the right =
attitude
towards your profession, keep trying to do the best you can do. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A
href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=precisionpiano@alltel.net
href="mailto:precisionpiano@alltel.net">Benny L. Tucker</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 28, 2002 =
7:52 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> trichords =
unisons</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi list,<BR> I've been going crazy =
lately,
"most folks think I'm already there",<BR>trying to get my unisons =
perfect!
I've read a lot in the archives about<BR>unison tuning, and I get =
plenty of
practice everyday at the plant.<BR> I'm just trying =
to
evaluate my own tuning standards. I don't think I'm<BR>incompetent, =
but
maybe.<BR> Problem: 3 years now tuning at the Yamaha =
factory, 2 years moonlighting<BR>on my own after work, and yet I still =
can't
set a "perfect unison" without<BR>taking considerable
time.<BR> I would think my unisons would pass the =
RPT unison
test, but I've never<BR>been satisfied with meeting minimum standards. =
To put
it another way, I love<BR>this profession dearly, and yes, I want to =
be better
than average.<BR> I may be looking at this wrong, =
but to me
a perfect unison should not<BR>have ANY rolling of ANY partial for the =
duration of the sound. Is this to<BR>much to ask for, or is this the =
way most
of you folks normally tune?<BR> On home and Church =
tunings,
I mostly just try to get the unisons as<BR>clean as I can for as long =
as
possible before the higher partials start to<BR>slow roll.<BR>I can do =
the
perfect unisons, but for me that means striking the key, =
and<BR>waiting, and
waiting , and waiting for the slow roll then move the hammer<BR>"more =
like add
or release pressure", while pounding, then when I think I've<BR>got it =
right
let it ring and wait, and wait and wait etc. You get =
the<BR>picture.<BR>At my
level of experience, it could take me several hours to get each =
and<BR>every
unison "completely beatless".<BR> What is the =
accepted
standard, if there is one. How do you define the<BR>perfect and/or the =
acceptable unison.<BR> FWIW, I have absolutely no =
trouble
with the bass or the high treble,<BR>it's that dang tenor section. It =
seems
like the better I get, the more I can<BR>hear, the worse I actually
tune.<BR> Comments anyone?<BR><BR>Benny L. =
Tucker<BR>Yamaha
Factory Tuner<BR>Precision Piano Tuning & Repair<BR>Thomaston,
Ga.<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>