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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><EM>I'm curious, how long does it take everyone =
here to
tune? It's still taking me 3hours ;( Will a new lever speed =
me
up?</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>I'm real regular at 2 hours for a pitch raise and =
tuning.
Today I tuned a newer K&C (Samick) Studio (first time =
appointment for
piano/client). It was 25 cents flat. Drove up the driveway at 10:00 AM, =
and
backed out the driveway at 12:04 AM. A full tuning on a piano that =
hasn't been
tuned in a year ranges anywhere between 50 and 90 minutes for =
me -
usually about 75 minutes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>A good lever will help you speed up - not =
immediately, but
with time. I found that I kept hitting plateaus - I wouldn't get faster =
for a
long time and then suddenly I would seem to leap (or at least inch =
along) to a
new level. I have also found that so much about tuning faster is simply =
finding
peace with what can and can't be done with any particular string/piano. =
A string
that has false beats isn't going to tune cleanly no matter how many =
times you
yank the pitch up and down - the trick is to develop an ability to =
recognize
what ain't going to get any better.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'll have to check out piano tech's catelog =
for those
mutes. I didn' t see them in schaff? The metal sticks get =
in the
way especially in the trebble. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'm curious, how long does it take everyone =
here to
tune? It's still taking me 3hours ;( Will a new lever =
speed me
up?</FONT></DIV>
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