<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Cool. Thanks for the definition. That's what I was looking = for.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN = id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tompiano@gate.net href="mailto:tompiano@gate.net">Tom = Servinsky</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> Thursday, October 04, = 2001 6:00 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: String = rollers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hey Terry,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Chip tuning is a factory term used to describe the = tuning done without the action being available. The stringer would "chip" or = pluck the string and start the initial tunings. Those tunings are extremely = rough as they really are not meant to be harmonious as they are a means of = getting tension onto the piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Then the strings are seated around the termination = and bearing points and eventually the action is added.  Then the = musical part of tuning begins to take shape.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Tom Servinsky,RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</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> Thursday, October 04, = 2001 1:28 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: String = rollers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 10/4/01 11:31:47 AM Central Daylight Time, <A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff = 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Just what the heck is chipping? Rough tuning while = plucking? Is there <BR>something inherently different about bringing a = freshly strung piano up to <BR>pitch and in rough tune than doing a = several-step pitch-raise? What is the <BR>difference between chipping a piano = up to pitch and raising the pitch of an <BR>old upright that is 5 whole = steps below standard pitch???? <BR><BR>Terry Farrell <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Chipping is the process of rough tuning = the piano the first time right after it has been strung. The advantage = of chipping is that it can be done without the dampers installed. Yes, = you can tune a piano without the dampers, but it would be very difficult to = do. <BR><BR>Although I stretch the strings before chipping, I also chip = the piano a half step high. My method of chipping is as follows. I find = what note is the first in the treble section. I then find an in tune = piano, and play a note half a step above it. In other words if the first note = in the treble is a b2, I play a c3 on an in tune piano. I then chip tune a = major scale on the left string. I will continue to tune the major scale = all the way up to the top note. I then go back and chip the next string, = c#3, and start a major scale from that note. Obviously, when I get to the = third note of the C# scale, it is already in tune from the c scale I just did. = This is sort of a check for me. I will continue this all the way up. After = all the left strings have been tuned, I will tune the right string of each = note, starting at c3. I then tune one string of the bass section, to even = out the tension on the plate. That is followed by tuning the middle string = of the treble, and I end up tuning t! he left over bass strings of the = bichords. <BR><BR>Under normal circumstances, by the time I install the = action, (after the dampers have been hung), which is usually about a day or two = later, the piano will have dropped about 150 - 175 cents, to about 50 - 75 = cents below "pitch." Most of that drop I attribute to down bearing pressure on = the board. The rest on the strings stretching. So I do a "Normal" pitch = raise. (off setting the SAT 25 cents high), followed immediately by second = tuning 10 cents high. Then over the next 2 weeks, the piano will get tuned = 4 more times, with enough time in between tunings to let the strings settle = some more.  But each time I will tune the piano 5 cents high. Just = before the piano goes out the door, I will give it one more tuning at = pitch, and tune the piano 2 weeks later in the customers home. Most of those = tunings will require a 10 cent or less pitch raise. <BR><BR>With this = procedure, I have found that most pianos will stabilize after a year, which = includes 4 tunings. <BR><BR>Willem = </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>