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<DIV>Sorry, I thought the humor was apparent in my post. Please do
not be critical of me for being honest in my posts. I =
know fully
that most on this list indicate they pitch raise and tune
significantly faster than me. I am right around tuning my 1,000th =
piano.
Maybe I am doing good for my experience level, maybe I'm behind the =
curve. I am doing my best. I will not compromise my end =
product. I
strive to improve all the time. That is the best I can do. And it is =
good enough
for me. I tuned a 30 cent-flat Samick console this morning (actually the =
highest
two octaves were up to 75 cents flat). 30 minutes on the PR (almost all =
strings
were well within 2 cents of target pitch - several notes with their =
respective
unisons were right on - no further adjustment needed), and 50 minutes on =
the
tuning. Sounded real good (or at least as good as any Samick can =
sound).</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jon.page@verizon.net =
href="mailto:jon.page@verizon.net">Jon Page</A>
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<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> Thursday, August 30, 2001 =
1:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: stability of pitch =
raises</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>At 11:17 AM 08/30/2001 -0400, you =
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">I specialize in sssssslllllooooooowwwww =
pitch
raises. As a matter of fact, I<BR>am an expert. Although I am
ssssslllloooooowwwwwwwly losing my touch :-).<BR>My average =
pitch
raise is 30 to 35 minutes. It was not that long ago that<BR>they =
were all
taking me 50 to 60 minutes :-(. Even a one hour pitch =
raise<BR>with
proper use of an ETD (in my case the SAT) results in a very
accurate<BR>pitch raise.<BR><BR>Wouldn't adding additional tension =
to a
string cause it to slowly stretch a<BR>tad after the initial tension =
increase? I have always assumed that to be the<BR>case when chipping =
the
piano. I know it happened that way on my mother's<BR>clothes line =
(he said,
setting himself up).<BR><BR>Terry =
Farrell</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Pitch raising
is wholesale tension application. Get it down to 20 minutes or
less.<BR>Tune from there. A pitch raise and rough tuning - one
hour.<BR><BR><BR><BR><FONT size=3>Jon Page, piano
technician<BR>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<BR><A
href="mailto:jon.page@verizon.net"
eudora="autourl">mailto:jon.page@</A>verizon<A
href="mailto:jon.page@verizon.net" eudora="autourl">.net</A><BR><A =
href="http://www.stanwoodpiano.com/"
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eudora="autourl">http://www.stanwoodpiano.com</A><BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=
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