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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>In my continuing effort to not spend all day at =
a piano
doing a pitch raise and a tuning, I have come up with the "quickie" =
pitch
raise.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Perhaps this is something that has been =
discussed before.
I don't know. But it is new to me anyway. I use it when the piano or a =
section
of the piano is generally less than 5 cents flat - although I used it =
this
morning on a little M&H (Aolean) console (junk) that was up to 10 =
cents
flat.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>What I do is this: Let's say the piano is 6 =
cents flat on
every string. In the bass where I would normally do a 20% overpull, I =
will pull
the monocords up maybe 1.5 cents sharp (just the normal overpull), the =
left
string of the bicords up about maybe 8 cents sharp (bring the =
one
string up sharp enough for both strings), and the left string of the =
tricords up
maybe 15 or 16 cents (enough for all three strings plus enough for the =
overpull
thing). By doing that, the total tension on the system is up to A440. =
Therefore,
when I go to tune on the next pass, I am not making any overall pitch
adjustments - I just set each string to target pitch without concerning =
myself
with overpull, etc. This way the pitch raise goes very fast because you =
only
adjust one string - instead of three.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I am not a fast tuner, but the little trashy =
console I did
this morning was between zero and 10 cents flat. I tuned it at the =
proper pitch
(and I mean it was a real good tuning where all notes were right where I =
wanted
them) in 75 minutes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I find that you don't really want to try this =
with a piano
that is more than 10 cents off pitch in any area. But for the piano that =
is just
a tad flat or that just has one section that is a tad flat, this might =
be a
quick good thing to try.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Am I reinventing the wheel?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>