Variable overpull percentage (was: Finishing where you started)

[Don]

Hi Paul,

Over pull is user defineable on RCT so 0% is possible (but why?)


At 07:34 AM 12/03/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>    The percentages can also be tweaked for the technician's individual
>tuning style.   If there is a risk of string breakage, I often use the fine
>tune mode to get it close to pitch without overpull, then use the pitch
>raise mode as a final tuning. Paul S. Larudee DGPEAKE@AOL.COM wrote: In a
>message dated 12/2/00 12:23:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
>larudee@pacbell.net writes: 
>  
>    Agreed, but there is a big difference between having no problem and
having 
>a pitch raise so accurate that all it needs is a little touchup. Paul S. 
>Larudee 
>Richmond, CA DGPEAKE@AOL.COM wrote: I believe the overpull is 25% of the
>2nd partial. Someone please correct 
>me 
>if I am wrong. (Jim, please pitch in). The SAT 3 is the same. I usually 
>measure the lowest note of the plain wire, offset for pitch raise, and 
>  I have no problems with doing a pitch raise using this method. Dave
>Peake, RPT 
>Portland Chapter 
>Oregon City, OR 
>www.davespianoworks.locality.com
> 
>  
>Really? 100% of the time? Yes, sometimes it is so close that I hardly move 
>the pins. Other times it is still a little flat or a little sharp. Dave
>Peake, RPT 
>Portland Chapter 
>Oregon City, OR 
>www.davespianoworks.locality.com
>  

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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