<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I forget who posted what first, and as such who is looking for what = information, but here is the status from the newbie gallery: 30 = minutes per pitch raise pass. Average of about an hour per tuning pass.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Not everyone does a pitch raise and tuning in 40 minutes.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN = id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 11, 2002 = 12:45 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: tuning speed</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 1/11/02 9:56:02 AM Central Standard Time, <A href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com">jkanter@rollingball.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">When I was learning this trade (early 70s) my brain was "stamped" with the <BR>notion that you had to allow 90 minutes to 2 = hours for a two-pass tuning, <BR>and the preferred method for pitch = raising was to do a 30-minute single pass <BR>extra sharp, then come back a week = later for a normal, rather long tuning. <BR><BR>How have people gotten so much = faster? What's changed? <BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>With the use of the = SATIII, I can now tune a piano in about 30 - 40 minutes. An actual pitch raise I = do in about 10 minutes, followed by a tuning which takes about 45 - 60 = minutes. <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>