filling Dampp-Chasers

[Keith McGavern]

From: Alan McCoy <amccoy@mail.ewu.edu>:
>... So the question is how much to float. The most I want to float 
>is A-442 or A-438. So if the pitch is higher or lower than that, 
>I'll float to 442 or Begin 438. Otherwise I pick the pitch (often 
>the high bass) that is a middle ground so I am moving the strings as 
>little as possible. forwarded message:
>Any other ideas?

Alan,

I approach the concept of floating the pitch just a bit differently.

Using the parameters you've given of A438 to A442, if a piano should 
fall within that area, then I would do a single tuning pass, thereby 
floating the pitch would be accomplished.

However, If the piano pitch falls outside those parameters, then I 
would do a pitch change and a tuning pass to bring the piano closer 
to A440, thereby initiating the potential use of the float concept on 
the next visit to the piano.

Hope I explained that okay,

Keith McGavern, RPT
Oklahoma Baptist University
Saint Gregory's University
Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA