SAT Mystery

[John Ross]

Hi,
For chipping, I think I just use page 0, as is, and do the first 3 notes by
ear.  At least that
is what I think I did.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca


----- Original Message -----
From: <JIMRPT@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: SAT Mystery


> Dick Day wrote;
> <<" ........................Or anybody that can solve this
> mystery.">>
>
> Dick;
>  I have tried doing the same thing that you describe...it don't work. :-)
> Stored tunings in the SAT have something stored for that tuning but it is
the
> partial rather than the fundemental..as I understand it. Thus the SAT may
> tell you something that you don't understand but it demands that what you
> tell it be understandable. In other words a 'stored tuning' can't be used
for
> chipping purposes or even for vast movements of the strings such as in the
> first tuning on a new set of strings. In order for the SAT to give you
> accurate readings that you can understand the tuning has to be closer than
> you will find in a typical first tuning.
>  The way to use the SAT to get in the ballpark on the 'first' tuning is
just
> use the generic semi chromatic tuning that pops up after you push the
"tune"
> button right after turning th unit on. Tune through one time with that and
> then the 'stored tunings' will work just fine. I usually tune thingees
twice
> on the 'generic' tuning before calculating FAC numbers for that particular
> instrument. After FAC numbers are figured I store that tuning in a page I
use
> for rebuilding and use it from then on. Why does this seem to work ? I
don't
> know...... but it seems like Dr. Coleman explained that the 'generic'
tuning
> button uses the fundemental only ?
> Jim Bryant (FL)
>