<HTML>In a message dated 1/11/02 2:08:16 PM Central Standard Time, kam544@flash.net writes: With the use of the SATIII, I can now tune a piano in about 30 - 40 >minutes. An actual pitch raise I do in about 10 minutes, followed by a >tuning which takes about 45 - 60 minutes. > >Wim       <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Wim, List, Would you look over these numbers again?  Something doesn't add up. Keith McGavern </BLOCKQUOTE> A "normal" tuning, meaning a piano that is tuned on a regular basis, is basically on pitch, and has good rendering, etc., takes about 30 - 40 minutes. Some of the pianos I tune at the university I can do in less time, but then they get tuned once a week. When I run across a piano where I have to do a pitch raise, it takes about 10 minutes to crank all the strings up to make the piano basically at 440. I then tune that piano, but because of the pitch raise, it does take me a little extra time to get the piano to stabilize. This takes me about 45 - 60 minutes. So a pitch raise and tuning takes about 55 - 70 minutes. Does that explain it? Wim </HTML>