<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: one rubber mute</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE> Hey Bubba, What is shimming unisons?   The other Bubba     ----- Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: David= Andersen <<A= href="mailto:bigda@gte.net">bigda@gte.net</A>> To:= Pianotech <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Rec= eived: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 20:36:36 -0800 Subject: Re: one rubber= mute >Seriously...(if that's possible)this is an old= style tuning technique best left to the past, imho. I’m so= glad that’s only your OPINION, mon frere, with no actual basis= in fact. It was adequate for every single luminous, musical,= precise, stable tuning on earth until very, very= recently.  >Extremely ineffiecient unless, as= David apparently has, one has the ability to get it right the= first time.   Uhh...that’s the general idea—to get it= either right or super close; but the art of shimming unisons,= well-learned and practiced, speeds things up and moves thing= along exponentially. As you learn to trust your body more, your= ears more, and don’t have to rely so much on tests, things get= quicker as well.  As I said before, I can put a= stone-solid, singing concert tuning on any piano that’s on or= real close to pitch in 80-90 minutes. Viva old school,= bubba. David= Andersen </BLOCKQUOTE><FONT= face=Verdana> </BODY></HTML>