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<DIV>In a message dated 1/4/2006 8:44:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, pianotune=
05@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue =
2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>When you mention that I might miss feedback du=
ring tuning, what do you mean? Do you mean feedback from customers, th=
e store staff, or the piano's various issues?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Marshall,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">A piano responds to pitch raising in a=
fairly predictable way. An experienced tuner expects a certain amount of re=
bound in pitch, and can often recognize a structural problem within a f=
ew minutes, based on an abnormal pitch drop while rough tuning, either =
over the whole scale, or sometimes in a particular area, like on both sides =
of a plate strut.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">About strips - I use thick action clot=
h, cut tidily down the middle with a roller knife. I cut it all the way to t=
he opposite end, except for about an inch. This leaves me a double-length st=
rip. I use two of these, inserted alternately. That is, in a grand, I insert=
one strip on the left side of note 88, then on the left side of note 86, 84=
, etc. I go to the bottom of the tenor. Then I put the other strip on the le=
ft side of 87, 85, etc. to the bottom of the tenor. I continue through the b=
ass. If it was, say, a 26-note bass, I'd put the strip on the left of 26, 24=
, 22, until running out of doubles. Tune one string on each note, yank one o=
f the strips and tune one string of each unison, yank the other strip and tu=
ne the remaining unisons. This leaves very little rubber muting, and saves t=
ime. There is considerable discussion about whether this is satisfactory for=
fine tuning, but I'll leave that to you to decide later. It's certainly eff=
icient for rough tuning. It will need to be adapted somewhat for verticals, =
but is still useful.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">I am not sight-impaired, but I have tr=
ied this with my eyes closed, and it didn't take much longer than with them =
open.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Hope this helps.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Bob Davis</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>