[CAUT] Piano tuners on different keys about technology

[Avery Todd]

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Wim,

In the few years that I've had my SAT III, I've used one of the preset 
tunings only one time. And didn't like it. So when I use the machine,  I 
ALWAYS use the FAC plus aural checks (usually). :-)

>One of the profs told me she thought the bass on her two B's was too low. 
>(I use the preset tuning on my SATIII). Another prof played c3-f3-f4, and 
>said it sounded muddy. (I had just tuned this piano three days earlier).

Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think that probably had an awful lot to do 
with the tuning. It was more likely the voicing and/or the basic sound of 
the instrument.

>The upshot was that the next day I spent 6 hours tuning and voicing the 
>two B's. Although I used the SATIII to get me in the ball park, I turned 
>the machine off and went back to basics, listening carefully with my ears. 
>I tuned the recital hall the next day, and used my ears. I didn't even 
>turn the machine on.

Probably good practice. I need to do that every once in a while, also.

>Sometimes we need a kick in the rear to remind us that tuning is still an 
>aural sport. I got lazy, and relied too much on my little box.

True.

Avery

>Wim
>Willem Blees, RPT
>Piano Tuner/Technician
>School of Music
>University of Alabama
>Tuscaloosa, AL USA

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