SAT III Question

[Joseph Garrett]

David,
EXACTOMONDO!
Big Grins.
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: David Ilvedson <ilvey@jps.net>
To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: SAT III Question


> 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
> >>
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