SAT question

[Michel Lachance]

Ryan, Philip wrote:
>
> Dear list:
>
> I have a teacher that is setting up a piano studio with two pianos and
> wants them tuned alike (together).  No problem ( I thought), I'll just
> use my SAT and tune them individually as the manual says.  But here
> comes the rub, one piano is a Steinway grand and the other a Acrosonic.
> Which FAC tuning page should I use?- the Steinway?  the Acrosonic?  the
> Steinway on both?  individual FAC's?
> Will different tunings make the pianos sound alike?  Any advice?
>
> Phil
>


Phil,

I think that before atempting anything you have to tell yourself, and
the teacher, that tuning a Steinway and an acrosonic together and like
matching a race horse with a mule;  it is a mistake in starting.  I
would give him a good deal of informations.  I would explain him the
difference in inharmonicity between the two instruments making it so
that you have to compromise either on the octave righntness of one of
the pianos or on the tuning rightness both instruments played along
with each other.

I never had to face that situation but I think I would use the
Steinway tuning for both.  The Acrosonic would never sound quite right
anyway.

Michel Lachance, RPT