Hi Avery: I prefer to do the offsets after storing the FAC numbers, because, afterwards you can go either way if you prefer to let the pitch float a little bit. To answer your second question, I still would prefer to do the calculating at 440 pitch, then do whatever offset you prefer after that. There is a faster way to measure the FAC numbers instead of carefully tuning each of the notes of the stretch numbers. I do this if the pitch is fairly close to standard. Here is how it works: Play F3 with the machine set at F5. Hold down the MSR button momentarily to get the LEDs to stop rotating (trim up with the Up/Dn CENTS buttons to completely stop the LEDs). Hold down SHIFT and hit MSR to set the machine to zero cents. Change octave to 6, play F3 and hold down the MSR button momentarily to get the LEDs to stop rotating (again trim with CENTS buttons). Hold down SHIFT button, touch STO STRETCH button to store this value for the F3 stretch. Use the same approach for getting the value for the A4 Stretch number and for the C6 Stretch number. After this, be very sure to re calibrate the machine to A440 by holding down the SHIFT and TUNE buttons together (you will notice that LEDs are stopped). Hit the TUNE button again to get out of calibrate mode. Now you can calculate the tuning by holding down the STRETCH button, holding down the MEM button, releasing the STRETCH button, releasing the MEM button. If you are not careful to reset the pitch to A440, the calculated tuning would be at whatever offset the last Stretch number was calculated from. Jim Coleman, Sr. On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Avery Todd wrote: > List, > > When needing to store an offset for an FAC tuning stored in memory, > is it stored BEFORE going to that page or afterward. I would NOT want > it to be made a permanent offset for that page. > Also, if you want to let the pitch of the piano "float" a few cents > between tunings, and the tuning is NOT stored in memory, what is the > procedure? > Thanks. > > Avery > > ___________________________ > Avery Todd, RPT > Moores School of Music > University of Houston > Houston, TX 77204-4893 > 713-743-3226 > http://www.music.uh.edu/ > > >
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