SAT stretch #

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 >Do any SAT users out there (Who have the FAC Facility) ever find that
>by adding a small percentage, say 5 or 10 percent to the C6 stretch number,
>the high treble ends up sounding better?

Greetings, 
     Manipulation of the FAC numbers moves the curve around.  By reducing my 
F by 10 percent, I found that I avoided intonation problems in the studios.  
The piano sounds best when the low end is flatter than a bass player is 
comfortable with. So, in the interest of tuning ease in sessions, I keep the 
bass sharper than I do elsewhere. 
    As far as "better",  the treble is best tuned to taste. By the last 
octave, I find myself happy with a variety of sharpness.  i.e.  some pianos 
sing with an additional 20 percent, some become as harsh as an underpaid 
nanny on a bad day.  If I understand the rumored "Steinway Hall tuning", the 
less tempered fifths in the treble will also crank the curve skyward. Great 
for concerto work, as it hints at the expression available in the 
temperaments.  
    It is also interesting that if a bar piano is stretched like a limo, it 
can sound a lot better when the place is busy(a little noisy), it maintains 
some of its own identity over the competition. That same stretch sounds a 
little edgy in the quiet of an early morning tuning.  But then again, late at 
night, when everybody is sloshed, it don't make a hill of beans what you got 
in there........... 
REgards to all, 
Ed Foote