SAT III Question

[Joseph Garrett]

Terry,
Why screw around with FAC in the 1st place. Try the method I advocated in
the Jan.2000 issue of the PTJ. It'll make you a better tuner, so you won't
have to sweat the small stuff (pso).:-)
Regards
Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
----- Original Message -----
From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 6:22 PM
Subject: SAT III Question


> Every once in a while (it happened the other day on a Knabe console about
> 15 - 30 years old) I'll tune a piano that seems to defy the SAT. I do the
> FAC in the normal manner, but when I start tuning and checking octaves, I
> find that the calculated octave stretch above A4 is way too much. I find I
> need to enter a Double Octave Beat (DOB) factor of up to -2.0 to settle
the
> calculated tuning down enough for my tastes. This is after measuring the
"A"
> and "C" values several times - and even notes next to them. Anyone have a
> thought on why this might occur?
>
> Terry Farrell
> Piano Tuning & Service
> Tampa, Florida
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
>