<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 1/22/01 7:08:05 PM Central Standard Time,
<BR>pianola@online.no (Ola Andersson) writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I got a tip from the great Dr. Jim Coleman that sometimes appear on this
<BR>list that help me alot.
<BR>For a bad piano (wich I often get) I first do a pitch raise then a rough
<BR>tuning and then I start to tune.
<BR>This stabilise the pressure on the bridge so the treble don't fool you
<BR>after tuning the tenor part. Also by this time you have pitch rasied the
<BR>bass so not very much will happen with the pressure when you tune it. This
<BR>way I don't have to fight with the last octave. When I feel I start to
<BR>fight and move the strings to much I rather do a quick rough tuning and
<BR>then starts to tune again. Jim Coleman said this way was faster and I've
<BR>found that to be true. </BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>I learned the same thing from Jim Coleman Sr RPT now 22 years ago. It was as
<BR>true then as it is now. His partner in the lecture also confirmed this with
<BR>the saying I always keep in mind, (paraphrasing), "You can tune it twice or
<BR>even 3 times or more faster and easier than you can fight with it once".
<BR>Believe it, my friends, it's true. Even if it's just one section such as the
<BR>treble or high treble which is too far off, you will be able to finsh the job
<BR>sooner and have a more stable piano by doing a rough tuning as quickly as
<BR>possible, followed by a fine tuning than if you attempt to fine tune any
<BR>portion of the piano which is off pitch.
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<BR>Bill Bremmer RPT
<BR>Madison, Wisconsin</FONT></HTML>