<html><body> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hi Quentin,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks, yes this does help.  I'll try my hardest to put my perfectionism aside :) and move on and tune tune tune in order to get that speed up.  I'm also learning new ways to go from pin to pin by feel more than using my 20/200 sight.  Speaking of pins, does schaff have a polish or somethin g that cleans pins, plates struts anyting brass or metal on the piano?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "Quentin Codevelle" <quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr> <BR> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>pianotune05 wrote: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>"Hi Quentin,<BR>What did you do to increase your speed?<BR>Marshall"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>I tuned and tuned again, and as quick as possible, with a good result.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was taught to make a compromise between speed and accuracy right from the start.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>And if I couldn't tune a good unisson on a given note, for example because of a false beat, I did not spend time on this note, I was going on my tuning, and at the end, I tried to retuned what I missed during the first pass.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>And I tuned only 2 or 3 hours a day, but with speed.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>I hope this helps.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>I think some people have other methods, but this worked for me.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Now I can make a reasonable tuning in 45mn-1h, and a fast tuning in 30 mn.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>