The strectch numbers sound about right. Tune A4 as indicated by the FAC mode, then check your A4, but check in the TUNE mode. Get into TUNE mode by pressing the tune button twice. A4 should be very close if not right on. To go back to the FAC mode. Press the MEM button and select the page where you stored the tuning. Continue tuning. You see, when you are in FAC mode, the cents indicator shows what the machine is looking for, at the partial it is listening to. When you are tuning A4, the accutuner is listening at A6. To verify this, set the machine to A4, then press MEASURE. You will see the NOTE/OCTAVE window change to A6. Do you have a manual? This machine has lots of stuff in it, and without a manual, it would be very difficult to learn how to use it. pianolover@worldspy.net wrote: > hi all, > > I just bought a used SAT II which has the FAC feature, but I'm a > little stumped. I set and stored my 3 FAC stretch numbers. After > that I strip muted my piano (Baldwin 40" console), and when I got > to A4, I noticed the cents deviation was 5.8! Souldn't A4 ALWAYS > be perfect at 440? So I went back and re-entered the FAC again, (i.e., > tuning one string of A4 while the SAT is at "A5 and Zero cents", > the up 1 octave to A6 on the SAT, then playing A4 again, but stopping the > dots with the cents buttons) but each time, A4 was diviating about > the same amount: 5.8 cents sharp. Is this to normal for a stretch > tuning? Can I adjust the SAT to 0.0 at A-4 WITHOUT throwing all the > other calculations for the stretch out of whack? BTW, my 3 stretch numbers are: > F3= 17.1 > A4= 5.8 > C6= 3.6 > > -16 @ A0 to +32.4 @C8 is the low/high stretch. > > Thanks. > > Terry > > ______________________________________________________________ > Get free Internet service and email at http://www.worldspy.com -- Frank Cahill Associate Member, Piano Technicians Guild Northern Va
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