filling Dampp-Chasers

[Otto Keyes]

Alan,

I do a quick run through the piano to check the pitch on various notes,
running up & down a couple of times through the octaves (A,C,D#,F#), find an
average and adjust to that.  You quickly get a feel for how a piano reacts
to changes once you
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy@mail.ewu.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 9:34 AM
Subject: RE: filling Dampp-Chasers


> > 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.
>
> Keith,
>
> I probably wasn't clear the first time. It sounds like we are pretty much
on
> the same page. Like if the pitch is more or less averaging 441, I'll tune
> the whole piano there assuming that it is the wet season. Or, vice versa
in
> the dry season, I'll tune it on the flat side, but the max I'll float is
> about 8c (sharp or flat depending on the season). So if the piano falls
> outside the 8c region, I'll tune down to 442 or up to 438 assuming the
pitch
> will eventually float toward A-440 as the season changes. This what you
are
> thinking?
>
> Alan
> >
>
>
> > 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
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