<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: How we hear to Jeneetah</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>So, with this 15 second rule, how long does it usually take you to tune a piano?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>just curious,</DIV> <DIV>ilex</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of David Andersen Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:45 = PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: How we hear to = Jeneetah </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE>Hi, Maybe you should keep on making soft blows, but try to hit the key = quickly, without listening to the note during 15 sec like you said. That = way you'll be able to hear the "attack" of the note, the first stage of = the sound that is produced. Having a clear and pure sounding attack = is very important for me, and I've never succeeded in having a clear attack = when tuning with listening to the note more than 2 or 3 seconds. </BLOCKQUOTE> Sorry, Quentin, but I absolutely disagree; = listening to the unison all the way out to silence is the only way that works, for me, = to get the note completely still, completely blooming and rich. Period. = That said, it really doesn’t matter, ultimately, HOW you get a piano to = sound and feel beautiful; it just matters that you CAN. Best of the day, David Andersen </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>