Hi Sy... Thanks for being so honest. I've tuned electronically for over 20 years and have always found sharp trebles by most aural tuners. (Not meant to be anything against aural tuners!!) I once read the reason is the notes are not tuned by listening to the beat, but by listening to the oct 6 note followed quickly by the octave 7 note. This will get the higher note sharp every time. It is understandable that it is very difficult if not impossible to always hear the beat on those notes as the freq is so high. So the answer is to get a SAT which you did. I have found pianos sharp in the high treble that were otherwise 50 cents or more flat and hadn't been tuned in many years. Dick Beaton RPT ---------- > From: Sy Zabrocki <only4zab@imt.net> > To: 'Pianotech' <pianotech@byu.edu> > Cc: 'A-Sy Zabrocki' <only4zab@imt.net> > Subject: Notes 85-86-87-88 > Date: Thursday, April 10, 1997 10:53 PM > > To All On List: > > Today I tuned a piano which last tuned Jan. 11, 1971. No other tuner had tuned the piano either. The piano was flat about 44 cents except for the last four keys which were slightly sharp. So after all this time how could the last few notes be sharp? Well they were sharp because I tuned them sharp 26 years ago. Why did I tune them sharp? I don't know but will try to explain. Here's the story. > > Sy Zabrocki > only4zab@imt.net >
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