SAT III Question

[David Ilvedson]

Yea, but Joe that would mean reading it first...;-]

David I.

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On 4/24/01 at 3:31 PM Joseph Garrett wrote:

>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
>>