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“Why does it take so long…?”

January 2, 2008 by Eric

Oh my dear, you understand me but you don’t understand the nature of piano technology.

I took a good wack at making progress on my piano. I fine tuned the key level, then went over the hammer line, drop and let off before taking a critical bash at keydip. AT LAST, it’s beginning to feel like a piano! Yes, uneven as hell, but at least there is aftertouch.

I’m keeping a pretty good eye on the humidifier. I’ve got 3 hygrometers scattered around and am keeping things between 40% and 50%. Still, the tuning drifts (at least to my ear…being a piano tuner can be a curse) so I spent some time tuning the other day. Rather than just do the quick fix with the standard settings in the RCT, I spent some critical time getting my ear back for aural temperaments.

Of course, by the time that was done, I had little patience for voicing, so took a couple of jabs to get the edge off and put everything back. What I really need are 2 solid 8 hour days, but that probably won’t happen soon…nobody’s paying me!

Filed Under: Fixing my piano, HEP Guy Tagged With: piano technology, Regulation, tuning

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