<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial></FONT>Terry:</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>Learn to do pitch raises without muting. = It's fiddling with all the mute moving that takes the= time.  With TuneLab Pro it is really easy because the= "spectrum display" shows a different peak for each string so you= can watch them go up individually.  I think 12 minutes is= my record, but that sure beats the way I used to do it.</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>dave</DIV><FONT face=Arial> <DIV= align=left><BR>__________________________________________</DIV> <DIV align=left>David M. Porritt, RPT</DIV> <DIV align=left>Meadows School of the Arts</DIV> <DIV align=left>Southern Methodist University</DIV> <DIV align=left>Dallas, TX 75275</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left><BR>----- Original message= ----------------------------------------><BR>From: Farrell= <<A= href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com<= /A>><BR>To: <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Rec= eived: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:45:42 -0500<BR>Subject: Quickie Pitch= Raise</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial><BR>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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Am I reinventing the wheel?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>