flat A

[Warren Fisher]

Susan Kline wrote:
>
> Warren, were all the tunings made with only one pass? I haven't noticed the
> effect you're talking about. I'm an aural tuner, and I do several quick
> passes.  Do you do all your tunings using the same order of operations, or
> do you vary some? Do you think the "flat A" happens only for SAT tunings?
>
> It helps that you keep such good records, so you can check on prior pitch
> raises.
>
> "Just curious", as we say ...
>
> >Thanks Russell, this gives me some other ways to look at things while
> >trying to solve this thing.  I've also noticed a slight dip in the "A"
> >on some of my 'yearly' customers now that I've started thinking about
> >it.  These were all FAC tunings with a SAT.  Now I'm going to start
> >checking the "F's" and "C's" also to see if there is some kind of
> >pattern here.  I'm also going to check to see if the previous tuning
> >included a substantial pitch raise.
> >
> >One thing that has already happened is that I check the pitch of the
> >strings on both sides of the "A" and use the average to set my offset.
> >
> >Warren
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> Susan Kline
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Susan,

I noticed the situation mostly in pianos that were new to me and have
just started looking for the situation in pianos I've previously tuned
and I can't tell yet if it's happening or not.  I tuned one yesterday
that I had done a year-and-a-half ago that had some difference in the
"A", but I had put in a Damppchaser system and you know how that changes
things.

I too go through the tuning several times if necessary, particularly
near breaks where the back does all of it's strange things.  That's the
only way you'll find out if the pins are set.

Thanks for the input!

Warren
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