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I’ve watched about 135 videos about piano tuning, and I realized so far there are 135 methods to tune a piano.
I find it annoying how some people say it's easy, then others say it requires years of practice and you could break your piano. I'm isolating because of the COVID19 virus and have ordered a kit to tune mine myself.
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@@rvic11 i already have a kit, but never tuned my piano since 9 years. It is the time to tune it for the first time 😁
@@rvic11 Depends if you looking at it as a something to "attempt to improve" yourself while isolated, and therefore find out for yourself. Many folks realize after the first attempt that professional training is the only way to go. Others realize that they MAY have a knack for it, but it still requires proper training top hone that knack into the true art.
@@CPRail4744 What would you say the knack is? I've been tuning stringed instruments my whole life: guitars, double basses and Latin American instruments. So I know how to tune a string by ear. So what exactly is the knack? Because turning a peg with a ratchet doesn't look like rocket science to me? Sorry if I sound like I'm being funny here. I just have a feeling piano tuners get offended when people suggest doing it themselves, and as a result, overplay the difficulties.
I am a professionnal piano tuner and what people who want to tune their piano themselves need to understand is that the acoustic of the piano is VERY different than any other instrument. The main particularity is a phenomenon called INHARMONICITY and that makes all the partials shift upwards compared to their theoratical value. The main consequence is that you have to stretch somewhat the intervals in order to have the instrument sound in tune. So, if you strictly use a chromatic tuner like the one above, you will end up with a tuning that doesn't sound right. If you want to achieve good piano tuning you either have to learn how to lay out a good temperament by ear and then tune by octaves, or use a professionnal app or device that can measure the inharmonicity rate (different for each piao model) and produce an optimal "tuning curve" that will fit the piano.
Well said.
Not only actaves! After having done the Basic temperamentI also ckeck the intervals made of an oktave plus three halfsteps (for example a1-c#2) up and down. In the higher level I stretch the octaves by tuning clean fifths for more brilliante. Also I check the double octaves to track down any sloppy done octaves. Do you have way to handle single unclean sounding string? That tends to drive me crazy!
@@karlmccreight876 It is a fact that more and more piano tuners favor pure fifths over pure octaves. My personnal taste however is to lean toward pure 12ths as I find the major thirds a bit too agressives in pure fifths tuning.
I so want to become a piano technician! How do I learn all this stuff? Where can I get the appropriate training (without having to move, or something)?
@@AndBenoit I don't know where you're from but in Canada, the only school that provided a course in piano tuning was located in Toronto and closed down few years ago. The ideal plan would be to accociate yourseld with a "master" who could teach you the trade but here, in north america, the piano technicians are rather lonely rangers who are not always eager to take up an apprentice under their wings. The best shot I think would be to take a course with the Randy Potter School of Technology, get an old piano to practice on, and be prepared to invest LOTS of time and efforts to acquire the craftmanship to exert the profession. Contrary to many other lines of work, piano tuning does not only rely on the acquisition of knowledge but mostly on factual abilities that demand times and work to develop. You will have also to invest few thousands of dollars in tool as those are exceedingly expensive. An other thing to do also would be to register to the Piano Technicians Guild and get in touch with the members of your local chapter, if there is any, to benefit the experience and knowledge of other fellow piano technicians.
My school's got this crappy upright with the highest C note flatted and it's been that way ever since I got enrolled so I'm bout ta just straight up barge in there and tune damn that thing myself. 😤😤😤
DO IT!!!!!!
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How did it go
@@derontchuente1248 I’m also curious
Thanks for sharing. I watched a few tuning videos and I think your demonstration is very good and informative. Thanks!
Kept waiting for the electronic tuner box to fall into the piano. So glad it didn’t! Great video!
Thank you very much. Very informative. Educational video.
Thanks for a great tutorial! It’s very useful for me!
Thank you for the knowledge Piano Gal! You got a killer personality too.
Thank you!! :-)
Amazing. Thank you!!
Thanks a lot !!! Excellent video !!!!
YES ! There are almost as many different ways to tune a piano as there are piano tuners
22:55 thanks for TUNING in today ;) ;) haha :D I knew when it was a 20min video from Musicnotes "with Marta from The Piano Gal shop" that it would be someone who knew what they were doing!!! :)
Thank you very much! That's me in the video. I've been a professional tuner for over 7 years :-) Feel free to check out The Piano Gal Shop in Facebook. I share my tuning adventures!
@@martahansen5758 I'll do that!
Beautiful video!
Hello and thank you for your video. As a professional I should note that not every regional can afford 1 year piano tuning. Here in the Northeast it is recommended at least 2 to 4 time a year for homes due to the radical humidity changes we experience from incredibly dry winter's to soupy humid summers. The primary reason a piano goes out of tune is because of changes in humidity. The sound board expands and contracts with humidity causing the tension on the strings to change thus the pitch of the piano changes.
For teachers, schools and religious institutions the recommendation is at least 4 times and year or more as your ear demands. Performance venues will often have their pianos tuned weekly, or daily based on their performance schedule. Regardless the piano is often tuned before the performance and touched up after sound check is completed.
Things that can help keep a piano in tune are good humidity control in the room or piano life saver systems.
A qualified full time piano technician or a Registered Piano Technicians with the Piano Technicians Guild are the only recommended piano technicians to service your piano. As the previous commenter said "there are 135 ways to tune a piano" the reality is that there is a science to this Artistry. Technicians have trained long hours and good technicians continue to learn and grow by attending conferences to advance their trade and careers.
Just my 2 cents.
Hallo.
Thanks for Your answer!
In this Video I miss any controls: Oktavcontrols, Thirdcontrols, Fifthcontrols, Duodezimcontrols, Oktavcontrols, "third in a sext control".
Nothing.
The beginner must learn the theory of the equal (!) Temperature and he/ she need a teacher.
Tuning with electronic tuner is not exactly.
If it's that bad, it makes sense to invest in temp and humidity stabilizing devices, because most folks won't be forking out for quarterly tunings!
@@palewriter1856 agreed! Piano Life Saver Systems help tremendously and controlled environments also help tremendously. But it still doesn't negate the fact that tuning need to happen 2 to 4 time per year depending on the ears demands.
Q: Know why you can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish? ...
A: A fish has too many scales. (snare/ cymbal crash sound here)
Hey dude I'ma go to the store did you make the Chopin Liszt?
Hey dude stop Haydn
Edit: Guess who's Bach, Bach again
Edit 2: Ow, why you harmony
Ok I'll stop
Q: What do you get when you toss a piano down a mineshaft?
A: A flat miner.
How do you listen to make sure the intervals are correct for equal temperament? I would expect that in diatonic tuning that there'd be absolutely no wahwahing for a fifth, but in equal temperament the piano is intentionally slightly off, correct? So are you listening to make sure that there's actually some wahwahing, so that it doesn't get wolf tones from being set in diatonic tuning?
Thanks for your video.
Thanks for clip. Can I some question.
Is that tuning meter on piano can catch high key part like a B87, C88 key?
can you help me please? bought a used piano and im trying to tune the lower keys but i noticed that the pins are smaller than the other ones? do you know what wrench head i need to tune these pins? im new to this. thank you
Dad kept our pianos tuned and he is no doubt turning in his grave because I just acquired an additional piano to use OUTSIDE at the river where I live near vast wilderness acreage. It is fabulous to play in the great outdoors and I hope to be able to allow COVID safe small choir rehearsals. I’ll protect it best I can but it will require frequent tuning no doubt. I wish I had his equipment. Suggestions appreciated about which kit to buy.
Hi, how long have you been tuning pianos for? I'd be very interested in hearing this piano after you'd finished giving it a fine tuning, please.
I commend her for the effort. Seems like she has decent hammer techniqe but you need the unisons in tune.
Hi Marta, I have watched your video before and gone deeper into aural tuning. May I ask you what ETD you are using for A440 ? It looks like a Korg OT 120 chromatic tuner you are using, could you confirm for me ? Thank you in advance for your answer
While reducing the pitch should I use the same jerk motion as increasing the pitch ?
Did you have one tip for doing this with the bass and teble section?
This is by far the best piano tuning video!
Thank you! I'm the gal in the video. I give a lot of insights on tuning and piano care on my Facebook page The Piano Gal Shop if you're interested!
Talla about your device on the piano to help to tunning..the little white box model brand ..thanks
Thanks thanks thanks... What devices you uses to tune... Name an model please...
Bought a kit on amazon, you amke it look easy hope it is :D will let you know
Does tuning by octaves by ear produce a stretch tuning?
Simple, straight to the point. Thank you.
Thank you! I'm the gal in the video. I give a lot of insights on tuning and piano care on my Facebook page The Piano Gal Shop if you're interested!
Hello, from Madison! Hearing you're from Sun Prairie was a bit surprising :)
I should mention that I bought some tuning tools and tuned my 95 year old piano!!! I loved this tutorial. It was very helpful.
@@sonicclang Hi there! Nice to meet you. Glad my video was so helpful.
I find the very upper strings very hard to hear. Why did you stop before you got to the hard ones.
seen a lot of these- YOURS IS THE BEST, THANK YOU SO MUCH, EXCELLENT!
Thank you! I'm the gal in the video. I give a lot of insights on tuning and piano care on my Facebook page The Piano Gal Shop if you're interested!
Helpful to see how the instrument works with tuning he piano. My grand piano goes out of tune in the winter here in Arizona with cool nights, warm days, very dry, etc. So I bought some tuning tools and put some tuning software on my laptop computer: www.instrument-tuner.com. You connect a good quality USB microphone to the PC and select the note you're tuning on the PC screen and go at it, much like you're doing. I'm not brave enough yet to do the whole piano, just fixing bad notes right now.
I tried to tune my piano, but when I tighten one string it goes down to the previous pitch is it solvable or not?
i'm about to purchase a used 1960's wurlitzer (on Facebook-ekk) and wanted to know how many times does it need to be tuned so that's its in good sounding condition? Also, what should i look for when purchasing a piano this old? Any tips for a novice? I want to learn and want to teach my kids too. So any suggestions would be helpful! thank you for this video!
There's no RIGHT answer, sight unseen (or sound unheard) on "how many times." ASSUMING that it's in good enough shape to hold (no pins so loose that they won't stay where you set them) its tuning, AND that you've located the piano in a stable environment (temperature and humidity), the likelihood that a single tuning will remain satisfactory for a reasonable amount of time (depends on how discriminating your ear is) is inversely proportional to how far out it is now. After it's been moved and settled in, if by some amazing stroke of good fortune the vast majority of strings are within about 10 cents of where they belong you can get by with a single tuning; otherwise, it will need a pitch raise plus a tuning (the pitch raise being a preliminary rough tune where seriously flat strings are OVERPULLED a bit to counter for their inevitable settling back almost immediately).
That's just the tuning portion - overall purchasing advice exceeds my current typing stamina.
Marta, thank you for this video. I forgot that tuning a piano is more than just getting each string to vibrate at the correct frequency.
I mean, it is just getting every string to vibrate at the right frequency
Really great video! I do have a question though, you are using the tuner to tune notes, but as you tune up and down the piano, you were doing more listening, correct? I see you are referencing the tuner, but how do you know which one you are going to listen to... your ear or the tuner? Also, does you’re turning method use the concept of stretch turning? Usually the curve is a little sharper for the higher notes and little flatter for the lower notes. Obviously the tuner will tune everything precisely to specific frequencies, but stretch turning does not do this.
Hi Scott- I'm the gal in the video. I tune mostly by ear, but with the tuner mainly for reference and to speed up the process a little bit. Electronic tuners are not perfectly accurate and when you begin to go higher, you are right that the octaves will register a smidge sharp and then a bit flat in the lower registers. I've been professionally tuning for over 7 years and I've really honed my ear. I find having the tuner just speeds up tuning the temperment octave.
My piano tuner don't use digital tuner. He only use a440 tuning fork and after that he will do the tune using perfect 5th interval or so called circle of fifths
Actually, this is incorrect. Aural (strictly by ear) tuning does NOT use perfect fifths, nor do we go through the fifths in the order of the "Circle of fifths". We use a temperament sequence that allows for "checks" against the notes already tuned. Most commonly used is the Equal Temperament method which accounts for the piano's inharmonicity, which is never explained nor comprehended when a digital device is strictly relied on, without aural training, for tuning. All professional tuners who use a digital device also use their ears to verify the tuning.
интересно сколько раз упадёт тюнер с инструмента. пока она настроит ? И когда придётся после неё менять вирбельбанк?
Thanks for posting ;-)
Piano tuning IS NOT for the Do-it-yourselfer. It requires a specific skill-set that can only be obtained by training from pro's. It takes many months of practice to develop the proper mechanical lever techniques to build in stability, and to be able to aurally hear what the piano wants as far as tempering the scale. A small electronic chromatic tuner is NOT reading the piano's inharmonicity! You may get small to medium to possibly almost decent results trying it yourself, but like any professional skill, it is not something you just "take up" by watching a TH-cam videos and buying a few tools. I am sorry, I may sound like a snit because I am a professional piano technician myself, but a specifically and properly trained ear, with years of experience, the first few under close supervision, is truly only how you "arrive".
Hi there - this video wasn't intended to be enough for someone to start tuning pianos on their own. I've been tuning for a decade and this is just a snippet so people can understand the process better. I would expect that anyone going into tuning would find my video informative, but then would really dig in with a lot of practice and tuning hundreds of pianos before they go out and tune professionally.
you're right
Nice helpful video, thank you ;-)
Thank you! I'm the gal in the video. I give a lot of insights on tuning and piano care on my Facebook page The Piano Gal Shop if you're interested!
What method is that?
Does the pitch hold. I hear Alot of false beat.
Great video! I've watched several and this rings the tuning fork within me (pun intended) as to how to go about this. Watching the technique your handling of the hammer is masterful. Thank you! I will be tuning my own piano from here on out.
Thank you! I'm the gal in the video. I give a lot of insights on tuning and piano care on my Facebook page The Piano Gal Shop if you're interested!
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Hmm.. I bought a Ripper old piano today. Anyone can tip me off on where I can order the gear / equipment for tuning this one? :-)
Howard piano industries has all the equipment and pieces you need
I want to buy mi own key to tune my piano but I don’t now the size I need or anything can you help me?
The measures of the keys are standard for all pianos (excluding fortepianos or anything based on models before 1860 approx.) Just look on the internet for 'piano tuning keys'. I bought on a famous webpage a Chinese set including a tuning fork (not needed because you will need an electric tuner), rubber wedges (needed), felt, small hammer, etc in a black case, all for 16 British pounds, which may be around 20 USD. The quality of the wrench (key) is superb. I wouldn't spend more that 30 bucks for a beginners set. Good luck!
Nice and clear instructions! In the video I see you press two keys at the same time, sometimesone key. May I ask when I need to press two or one? :)
Hi there - I strike one key when I'm tuning just that unison. I strike 2 when I'm tuning another key to it's higher or lower octave. Hope that helps.
simple & informative....
This is considered sort of a shortcut to an actual tuning of a piano.; It might not sound right in every key unless the temperament is properly set. The beats should increase as one play ascending intervals of 4ths, 5ths. etc... even the octaves are not tune perfect. It is considered more practical to strip mute the entire piano and tune a single string per note such as the bichordals and trichordals and the bass unichordals. you did not let the intervals ring long enough to determine the speed of the beats or waves., nevertheless less your method might work to a certain extent but I wonder how long it takes to tune the entire piano and what it sounds like once the tuning is completed,
Hi there- thanks for your comment. This is definitely only a short bit of the tuning process. Most pianos take me about an hour.
what is that on top of your piano your tuning from ?
THANK YOU, PHILLIP!! These people just don't get it! They appear to think those watching their videos already know how to tune a piano! Videos like this are not instructional videos - they're vanity videos! Yes, some of us know about beats, tuning forks, A 440, electronic tuning devices, and "apps," BUT A LOT OF US DON'T! People who make videos like this may know what they're talking about, but it simply doesn't occur to them that many who watch these videos in hopes of learning to tune their pianos have no idea what they're talking about! For "teachers" like these I suggest they add a word sorely lacking in their lexicons - PEDAGOGY!
Would have liked a show on what the tools were she was using and how and why she puts them where she does.
Look up piano tuning kits on ebay and Amazon. It's just a wrench and mutes, which are rubber wedges and a strip of felt that can be used to mute several strings at once. One kit has a thing that's sort of like a reverse tweezer that will mute both outer strings at once while you tune the middle string. To tune a string she just shoves a rubber wedge under each of the outer strings.
For about $40 you can get a good toolkit. I bought mine on Amazon, watched a few videos (this one’s great), and went to work. The basic tools are the wrench, the deadening tools, and a digital tuner.
Because keys of the piano have multiple strings, it is important to be able to deaden the other strings to isolate the string you want to tune.
Thanks for this. I'm planning to buy a piano, and tuning will be one less expense now.
Ha hahaha.
Get it tuned by a professional, he/she can and will do more than just tune.
So 3 strings is one key??? Let's say if I'm tuning D note the 3 strings are D and I have to tune them all 3 n D key???
Yes, it is called "chorusing" or "chorused strings" (likewise on, for example, a mandolin or also a 12-string guitar). Interestingly, if two strings are just ever so slightly out of tune with each other, their vibrations will change in order to match one another (this happens through sympathetic vibrations). So, even though a 3-string unison may sound good, an individual string may still be just barely out of tune. This is why you tune one string with the other two strings muted, then tune another string likewise, and finally tune the third and final string without any mutes. She starts with the middle string. Another piano tuner might tune the two outer strings and finally the middle.
Yes, you're correct. I'm the gal in the video. Yes, in the treble section, each key has three strings and the unisons need to be perfectly tuned to each other.
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What happened to the tuning fork?
why do you tune from sharp to flat? I'e heard that for eg a guitar needs to be tuned from flat to sharp
If you put pressure on the tuning hammer to tune it from flat to sharp, it‘ll fall a bit back to flat when you let it loose. When going from sharp to flat, it‘ll stay in the position. Much easier for slight adjustments.
@@tehedx You are exactly right (tuner in the video here!). It's called setting the pin. We tune slightly sharp and tap it back into place. Otherwise, it'll settle a little under pitch.
You should also do that with a guitar. Take it sharp and bring it back. It holds its tune longer. That's what I have found anyways from 25 years of playing guitar.
@@aaronhelmus8375 On the violin it is precisely the opposite, and it makes sense: tuning up to the right pitch (instead of down) leaves a slightly higher tension between bridge and peg, which counteracts the vibrating part's tendency to go flatter as time goes on. Doing the opposite is good for the professional tuners though, because then they will be called in more often. ;-)
@@walterschlupp154 We do it for the exact same reason! When we tune a string flat we bend and twist the pin ever so slightly, and after letting go the pin will set itself back in position, leaving extra tension in the part between the pin and the "bridge". So it actually helps with stability.
So is there a reason you start at A4 and work down. Or is it ok to start bottom and work up?
Kenneth Kelley most electronic tuners are very inaccurate below and above certain pitches - A4 is somewhere in the middle of the good range. Remember that the human ear is better than any cheap microphone in a tuner
That makes sense. I have tuned several and start in the middle but head straight through to the bottom. I figure the lbs /per square inch tension is much more due to the thickness of the strings. Just my way of thinking. Thanks for the reply.
One more thing....is that a pipe cleaner your using as a mute? clever.
Kenneth Kelley, those are piano mutes, they are rubber wedges. Some of them are on handles that might make them look like pipe cleaners.
Kenneth Kelley Less tension on the bass side. There's less strings and they're not under the same tension. My piano tuner sets the temprament in the middle then heads to the top before working on the bass strings.
Is that a equal temperament tuning method.?
Yes, that's what she's doing
I enjoy the 432Hz tuning o the guitar. Is it possible and ok for a technician to tune my piano down to 432Hz?
your piano technician would probably hate you for it. I'd say not
Felicia Lohidajat What if you pay him more? I guess the hate would go away, no?
I don't think it's advisable you do that, you'd be bringing the tension in the strings way down and compromising your sound quality and I can guarantee you, you're not gonna enjoy the sound as much as you enjoy your guitar's sound.
Italo's Music Studio - Thank you for you reply!
The instrument is designed to be A440. That's how much tension should be on the frame/strings etc. You'll may end up with weird inharmonicities. Also, strings may break if they're old, as they'll have been in the A440 shape for a long time.
15:32 as far as I know bending doesn't damage the pinblock at all (albeit only when the pin is really loose, if you're a beginner you could snap the pin off if you aren't careful), actually it's the thing that makes a string stable or unstable, what makes me laugh even more is that that's what she's been doing the whole time aside the twisting
Get a digital piano...... and never have to worry about tuning ever again ! The action on quality digital pianos will amaze you !
There's just something about manipulating an acoustic instrument, man. Gotta have it
Yep. Digital pianos will never match the resonant qualities of an acoustic piano. Great for mobility and hooking up to a sound system, but it will never sing like the real thing.
Is it imperative to know how to play before tuning???
Hi Laurice- I'm the gal in the video. It's definitely helpful, but I do know other tuners that don't play.
no u just have to know what is third minor and major 4th 5th octaves 6th minor and major
Is that equal temperament method?
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Great video. Very clear and straight forward.
Thank you! I'm the gal in the video. I give a lot of insights on tuning and piano care on my Facebook page The Piano Gal Shop if you're interested!
Sounds pretty close. Let’s av a go
I’m watching someone tune a piano on my phone.
Thanks for the video, what is the name of the tuner you are using and is the tuner able also to tune the very low notes and the very high notes, can the tuner tune the whole piano?
I think she is using Korg OT-120 Orchestral Tuner. www.amazon.com/Korg-OT120-OT-120-Orchestral-Tuner/dp/B000GFCYPS
Yes you are asking the right question does it tune the very low notes and the very high notes that seems to be the problem of these tuners unless you spend $ 1500 or more.
@@tobephong Yes, I am. I only use it for the temperment octave., I find tuning the rest by ear is far more accurate.
@@Goodi8 Hi! Gal in the video here. I tune the majority of a piano by ear. I find electronic tuners, no matter how pricey, to not be as accurate as tuning by ear. I only use mine as reference for the temperment octave.
Not bad for midrange but did not address the problems that occur at the extreme bass and very high treble ends or mention anything at all about stretch tuning
Hi Michael- I'm the tuner in the video. This video is only meant to be an abridged example to give someone an example of the tuning process. Lots of editing done, so the entire process is not shown. I tune all pianos using stretch tuning by ear, but that was edited out ;-)
@@kcodd4321 I'll have to do that! I made this video for musicnotes, but don't do much for videos on my own channel. Perhaps I'll give it whirl.
Dank! No offense but your voice needs tuning
kidding the Mic u used
U cant tune a piano with electronic machine, u need train ears and use controls of octaves 4th 5th etc....
How to tune your home piano = Buy a good Kawai digital piano (ES920 or MP11SE) and you'll never have to mess with any of this stuff and the piano & keyboard tones you'll get will be far better and far more inspiring & fun...and it will always...be...in...tune.
I knew why you were moving the hammer, but you need to explain more for those who don't have an extensive musical background. Don't just move it. Tell us why you are doing so.
The hammer is for modulating the derivative of the acoustiprism-knuckle on the string's Huyton brace. This change in the derivative at the point generating the harmonics effects a partial shift upon every new note-event. It's really simple.
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Even holding the key is wrong here 🙈
I am sorry, may be I need to wait for the finished product but what ever this lady is doing to me is not in tune, not a single note. Sounds like grand ma’s old piano. Sorry.
This is not a good way to tune, using the electric tuner for each note should only be a guide.
It is only a guide. I tune by ear. This video is simply a small snapshot of the tuning process meant to be informative.
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don't look this dilettantic tuning-video!
First of all you have to regulate before tuning. Touch is important. She hasn't even removed the front rail to uncover any sluggish or sticking keys. The capstans need to be in prefect alignment with the hammers or the touch will be sloppy. She is using a bargain basement tuning lever which for any type of professional result is required. Using a temperament strip cuts down on confusion during tuning and speeds results. Her arm is not seated , its up in the air. Not too exact. I'd hate to see her confront some of the impossible problems we technicians face daily on old uprights that someone has decided to revive after 20-40 years of neglect. Or heaven forbid, broken strings or hammers. etc. Tom Lloyd
www.mrtuner.ca
Unless you are a qualified technician please don’t mess about with your piano. I get so many people who have tried to do it themselves and made more of a mess then before.
There’s a reason it takes 3 years to train. I’ve been going for 5 years and still learning all the time.
However I would argue that the right string of the tricord is the most stable and always tune right to left. Just my technique though, I find it easier to not have to mute in the fashion this lady does.
I've been tuning for over 10 years and I do regulate. That's not in the video because the video is simply to show a glimpse into the process of piano tuning. It's not meant to be a full tutorial. I've confronted a plethora of regulation issues and repairs. I wasn't asked to to that for this video. Have a great day!
What is a temperament strip? And what do you mean by regulation?
Guess what, the piano was actually out of tune when she'd finished! Hopefully she improved it with her rough tuning method, but in the right hands it could have sounded much better. Not sure why she said that 99% of good tuning is done by ear, yet she seemed to have her eyes glued on the electronic tuner and couldn't do the job without it. Professional tuners don't need any electrical devices at all, just a good ear, correct technique and years of experience.
Shut the fuck up please, thanks
I've been tuning professionally for over 10 years. This video was simply a small snippet of the process meant to show overall how the process works. It's no in any way a full tuning. And, including myself, every colleague I know uses an electronic tuner for the temperment octave simply to speed up the process. I'm a great tuner, but thanks for the criticism.
This is considered sort of a shortcut to an actual tuning of a piano.; It might not sound right in every key unless the temperament is properly set. The beats should increase as one play ascending intervals of 4ths, 5ths. etc... even the octaves are not tune perfect. It is considered more practical to strip mute the entire piano and tune a single string per note such as the bichordals and trichordals and the bass unichordals. you did not let the intervals ring long enough to determine the speed of the beats or waves., nevertheless less your method might work to a certain extent but I wonder how long it takes to tune the entire piano and what it sounds like once the tuning is completed,
This is considered sort of a shortcut to an actual tuning of a piano.; It might not sound right in every key unless the temperament is properly set. The beats should increase as one play ascending intervals of 4ths, 5ths. etc... even the octaves are not tune perfect. It is considered more practical to strip mute the entire piano and tune a single string per note such as the bichordals and trichordals and the bass unichordals. you did not let the intervals ring long enough to determine the speed of the beats or waves., nevertheless less your method might work to a certain extent but I wonder how long it takes to tune the entire piano and what it sounds like once the tuning is completed,
third time's a charm?
is there an echo in this room?