Vintage Synth Repair

Yeah, tried tuning a grand piano once using a combination of a tuner
and my ears. Got it better than it was, but not at all good enough for
studio-use. No wonder there's a four year long education for being a
piano-tuner. The tempered scale is a harsh mistress ;-)

Trond



--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "GB" <grantbt@...> wrote:
>
> > ...so, if a piano-tuner can't tune it, I guess i'll be stuck with my
> > own ears and a chromatic tuner I guess :-)
> 
> Your ears will serve you well, but the tuner will only get you in
the ball 
> park.
> There are so many notes and it's so painfule to do that (I think)
it's a big
> enough challenge getting  them tuned to each other -- making it
absolutely 
> on
> pitch is very tough.
> 
> > Off to find my soldering-iron...
> 
> It better be a big soldering iron.  The process is more like soldering 
> copper
> pipework than electronics. You need a LOT of heat.
> 
> I haven't done one since the early 90's and I can't say I miss it.
> 
> GB
>