How to explain a pitch adjustment

[Don]

Hi Julie,

I find the string that has the shortest distance to the tuning pin varies
the most of the three--so if "proof" is what you are after try it out.
Personally my limit for "fine tuning" is + or - two cents.

If you want the "real picture" you may wish to average all three
strings--and do a graph of the F3 to F4 octave note by note. (it is not
often a pretty sight, unless you have tuned the instrument five or six
times in a row {over a period of years}). 

At 11:32 AM 12/29/2005 EST, you wrote:
   
> Greetings,             Which of the three strings (in treble notes) do you
>use to measure the A's? Which would be the most reliable "tell" out of the
>three?   Julie Gottshall

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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