SAT Pitch Raise to Lower Pitch

[Farrell]

Thanks Michel. I have thought of that, but it doesn't work very well either.
You can't tune the SAT to anything when in calibration mode - it only
calibrates to its internal thingee ticker (quartz or somesuchthing). The
only way to do this would be to tune the note to desired pitch (say 50 cents
flat as in my example). Observe how fast the lights are spinning - time and
count the spin rate (uh, about 50 zillion rotations per second!). In
calibration mode, set the lights to spinning at that same exact rate
(exactly 50 zillion rotations per second). Press tune and pitch raise to
your new non-standard pitch. It likely would not be too bad if you were
trying to recalibrate it to just a few cents flat or sharp, but no way 50
cents oranysuchpitch ;-). I think I'm correct. Am I correct?

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michel Lachance" <michel_lachance@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: SAT Pitch Raise to Lower Pitch


> The only way I know is to tune a note on the desired pitch on the piano
and
> then TUNE the SAT by the calibration mode to this note (you may have to
> toggle a couple of times between tune and calibration mode in order to
> achieve this).
>
> Don't forget to reset your SAT to standard pitch when you're done!
>
> Michel lachance, RPT
>
> >Yes, as I indicated in my previous post, I am familiar with Resetting to
> >Non-Standard Pitch. The problem arises when one tries to pitch-raise to a
> >non-standard pitch. The SAT seems to only pitch-raise to A440 pitch.
> >
> >Terry Farrell
> >Piano Tuning & Service
> >Tampa, Florida
> >mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <kam544@flash.net>
> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 7:17 PM
> >Subject: Re: SAT Pitch Raise to Lower Pitch
> >
> >
> > > >...(I can't believe Dr. Sanderson missed this situation), does
> > > >anyone know of a slick way around it?
> > > >
> > > >Terry Farrell
> > >
> > > No, he didn't, and yes there is a slick way around it.  It's in the
> >manual
> > > under The Reset Button, 1. Resetting to Non-Standard Pitch.
> > >
> > > When you have the non-standard pitch selected, hold SHIFT button down
> >and
> > > press the RST button.
> > >
> > > Keith McGavern
> > > Registered Piano Technician
> > > Oklahoma Chapter 731
> > > Piano Technicians Guild
> > > USA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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