Variable overpull percentage (was: Finishing where you started)

[larudee@pacbell.net]

Don,

I still don't understand why you're asking the question.

Paul

Don wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> Would there be any point in setting a precalculated over pull to zero
> percent? I can't think of any reason to do so. Can you?
>
> At 08:17 PM 12/03/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> >Don't understand the question.
> >
> >Paul
> >
> >Don wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
> >>
> >> drose@dlcwest.com
> >> http://donrose.xoasis.com/
> >>
> >> 3004 Grant Rd.
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> >
> >
> >
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
>
> Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
>
> drose@dlcwest.com
> http://donrose.xoasis.com/
>
> 3004 Grant Rd.
> REGINA, SK
> S4S 5G7
> 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner