Conrad, At 05:48 PM 2/15/2006, you wrote: >At 15:03 2/15/2006, you wrote: >>Thanks Dave! >> >>This is very helpful information. >>I was planing to use the SAT II. This is a duel manual keyboard. >>any further advice would be appreciated? >>The customer said it was his Aunts and has not been tuned in 20 >>years... Oh boy... >>I'm tuning and replacing some strings on Saturday. >> >>Best, >> >>Aart > >Aaargh, Aart, > >IMMHO, tuning a harpsichord with an ETD is like swatting a mosquito >with a howitzer. Use your ears. The beats are easier to hear than >on a piano and make more sense. Well, that's only true if one can tune HT's aurally. :-D I haven't tuned ET on a harpsichord for years. Unless I'm tuning for the Houston Symphony, of course! >You do NOT want to use the overpull that an ETD would give you, >unless you REALLY want a lot of practice installing new strings. The >strings are generally WAY closer to break strength than a piano. > >If it has a transposing keyboard BE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT YOU ARE ON >THE RIGHT PIN!!!!! Pins are many times arranged to mimic a keyboard >arrangement. If the keyboard is shifted, you may have to be on what >looks like A# to tune A. >DAMHIK!!!!!!! Totally agree! Avery Todd >Conrad Hoffsommer > >Early to rise: early to bed; >Makes a man healthy, and socially dead.
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