Avery, I also use a SAT. What I do is check the overall pitch of the A's. I will off set the SAT after the first check to get it closer to where the piano is. For instance +2 cents. I check the A's again and find I'm still below so I offset to +3 cents and check again. Of course I am noticing like you said that the tenor is much higher than the overall piano. When I find the right offset that allows me to make a small tension change to fine tune, off I go. Of course I will bring the tenor down as it has drifted beyond the general pitch of the piano. Hope this is of some help... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA Date sent: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 14:40:54 -0500 From: Avery Todd <atodd@UH.EDU> Subject: Pitch Floating To: caut@ptg.org Copies to: pianotech@ptg.org Send reply to: caut@ptg.org > List, > > There have been discussions in the past of letting the pitch float a > little. My question pertains to doing this on a concert instrument. > We have 4 S & S 'D's which are usually tuned (or "touched up") several > times a week. Sometimes daily. How does one determine which note to use > as the pitch standard if one wants to let it float? > Almost invariably, the low tenor is sharper than the rest, with it > basically decreasing as one goes up the scale, at least after the lowest > treble break. Then the bass is almost always right on. > If the piano is roughly the same amount sharp throughout, no problem. > But in the above case, wouldn't it be better to just go ahead and lower > the sharp portion(s) and tune as usual? > That's what I usually do, but have been curious about which note (or > area) you "floaters" use to determine the pitch level. > Just thought I'd throw something out for thought over the weekend. > Have a good one. > > Avery > > P.S. I do use an SAT III with my 'D' tunings loaded into memory. > David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA ilvey@jps.net
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