Acrosonic temperament tips w/ SAT Needed.

[Phil Bondi]

ralph m martin wrote:

> Zen and all
> I believe a lot of you folks tend to complicate the tuning of pianos like
> this. It's impossible to get what any of us would call, a good tuning
> anyway . My approach is simply to strip mute the piano, use the F3 SAT
> number, and then smooth out all of the fifths and 4ths across the
> bass/tenor break aurally. Since we can't have a smooth progression of
> thirds and quiet 5ths as well, I will sacrifice the thirds in favour of
> good 5ths. I, then tune both ends aurally or with the SAT.

..wow..for once I feel I can chime in intelligently..?..

..that old dawg Ralph is right on the money..working for the Baldwin
Dealership in this area has led me to many an Acro in various conditions..if
it's been 15 years since it's been tuned, I pitch correct and fine tune with
the SAT..if it's close, I tune aurally..I have found that in either case, I
leave the customer smiling..

..there's alot of false beating going on in Octaves 6 and 7 in some of those
50's and 60's Acros..the SAT does a great job in hearing through them..and I
have found, when testing myself against the SAT, there's little to no
difference when tuning through the false beats..

..Mark, don't knock yourself out..keep the unisons tight..and whatever
temperment you set is probably better than the last temperment that was set
on it..