This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Wim If the "F" you used was a wound string, you will get a lousy tuning. = Measure the inharmonicity of the first wire string above F3 and use that = number for the FAC and it will be a lot better. Dick MT ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wimblees@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 10:28 AM Subject: Re: Basic SAT III (& VTD) Questions In a message dated 1/27/01 9:51:32 PM Central Standard Time, = joegum@webtv.net=20 writes:=20 Hi. I had the opportunity this afternoon to experiment with an SAT = III=20 at a friend's home. (My first experience with a VTD... II was = trained=20 years ago as an aural tuner.) I was led through the F-A-C procedure, = set=20 the temperament by device and tuned the = strip-muted middle register. (The piano wasn't significantly out of = tune and very close to pitch.) However, when I checked the octaves, = they were beating quite noticeably (one to two BPS). Is this = normal?=20 Is it now in some circles considered acceptable for octaves to be=20 stretched this much? When you use a VTD in noisy conditions, how = can=20 you have faith in what it's telling you without the benefit of aural = verification? If the stretch is adjustable, can the stretch be = reliably=20 individualized for each instrument without aural verification? = Thanks=20 for letting me pop back onto the list and ask these questions. -Joe = Gumbosky =20 Joe=20 When I first started using the SAT, (started with the SAT II and am = now using=20 the III), I had to used to how much the upper octaves were stretching, = compared to what I used to do by ear. At first I was bringing them = back down,=20 because it just didn't sound right to me. But now I have become = accustomed to=20 the stretching, and so far, (knock on wood) I have not had any = complaints=20 from clients.=20 Willem=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/08/2a/87/a4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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