Joseph Garrett wrote: >For those of us that use an ETD, I think we've found, (at least I have), >that when you pluck a string it will read flat as opposed to being struck by >the hammer. I don't know why, but this seems to be consistant. Any thoughts >from the Scientific bunch? >Best Regards, >Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) > > > Joe, its been my experience you can get the same pitch if you wait long enough after the hammer hits the string, ghost the partial (where thats possible), or hit the key very lightly. Punching it is bound to read sharp at first. I aggree with what I understand Jim Coleman has to say on this matter, that knowing how far into the decay to read the display is one of the real tricks to using the ETD. RicB
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