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  • 1.  more tunings

    Posted 07-24-2014 14:16
    All,

    Start 40 + more tunings tomorrow. Have completed 31 thus far. Whoopee!

    Light load I know for some of you. Just wanted to share.

    Keith McGavern, RPT
    Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
    kam544@allegiance.tv
    [Visual Tuning Platform User]
    [iRCT & OnlyPure ]
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  • 2.  RE: more tunings

    Posted 07-24-2014 18:24
    Don't wear yourself out!

    That reminds me. I'm working on a key pounding system where you use your foot instead of your hand. So far it works pretty nicely, in fact much better than I had anticipated. It will accomplish two things: 1. Relief for your hand from pounding keys. 2. You can potentially use both hands on the tuning lever getting better control. Possibly avoiding flag-poling. 

    The reason your post made me think about it was because I'm not sure it's something you'd want to take into most homes. I think it would be more suited an institutional setting. 

    Are you using your iRCT or OnlyPure. Are you going to spring for the OnlyPure upgrade?

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    Scott Kerns
    "That Tuning Guy"
    Lincoln, NE
    www.thattuningguy.com
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  • 3.  RE: more tunings

    Posted 07-24-2014 19:18
    Scott,

    Interesting concept, using a mechanism with one's foot. Pounding has never been an issue for me. Actually, the use of the word pounding is more of an issue :-)  Doesn't resonate with me.

    The majority of the tunings will be done with iRCT. The concert instruments with OnlyPure. Am waiting to purchase the iOS version for the iPhone 5s I use rather than upgrading on the iPaqs.

    Keith McGavern, RPT
    Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
    kam544@allegiance.tv
    [Visual Tuning Platform User]
    [iRCT & OnlyPure ]



  • 4.  RE: more tunings

    Member
    Posted 07-25-2014 18:25

    Scot.... I want one. If you need a BETA tester I'm in.
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    James Kelly
    Pawleys Island SC
    843-325-4357
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  • 5.  RE: more tunings

    Posted 07-26-2014 21:57
    James - I'll keep that in mind. I'm a drummer and so it feels like a pretty natural movement to me. If you know anything about drums, it involves a hihat stand. 

    Keith - I've been enjoying the Android version of OnlyPure. Just got an update on it. It had a little glitch but Bernhard took care of it quickly. I've been impressed at how responsive he is. Especially considering the time change from here to Germany. 

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    Scott Kerns
    "That Tuning Guy"
    Lincoln, NE
    www.thattuningguy.com
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  • 6.  RE: more tunings

    Posted 07-26-2014 22:34
    He's a top notch dude, no doubt!

    Keith McGavern, RPT
    Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
    kam544@allegiance.tv
    [Visual Tuning Platform User]
    [iRCT & OnlyPure ]



  • 7.  RE: more tunings

    Posted 07-25-2014 07:30
    Is this 40+ in ONE DAY?  It usually takes me about 3/4hr. to 1hr. per tuning plus any odd things like action regulation & repairs and extracting drawing pins from under the tails of grand keys.... On Monday I started at 9:30am, tuned ten pianos and finished about 3:00pm. These pianos are very stable and I hadn't tuned them for a year. Finished the last three on Thursday morning and took the rest of the day off. But then I'm semi-retired and at 80 next birthday so I should be!    Michael (UK)

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    Michael Gamble
    semi retired
    Brighton
    01273813612
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  • 8.  RE: more tunings

    Posted 07-25-2014 08:41
    No, Michael, not one day, just before the fall semester begins.
    The most pianos I have ever tuned in one day was six. I was a wreck after that,
    so never again will I allow myself to be put in that situation.

    Keith McGavern, RPT
    Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
    kam544@allegiance.tv
    [Visual Tuning Platform User]
    [iRCT & OnlyPure ]



  • 9.  RE: more tunings

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-25-2014 10:50
    Michael,
    Ten in a day is doable I guess when there isn't major pitch change involved, as in your remarkably stable climate in England. This time of year, every piano I tune I will need to move pitch down in the 20 - 40¢ range, and that's a lot of work. I do four a day, sometimes five, and am exhausted during these long weeks (95 to get done by 8/18, theoretically, with some help). In the spring, I am just cleaning up unisons, doing very minor pitch adjustment, and it is far easier and quicker.

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    Fred Sturm
    University of New Mexico
    http://fredsturm.net
    "When I smell a flower, I don't think about how it was cultivated. I like to listen to music the same way." -Federico Mompou
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