SAT in low bass

[David Porritt]

Ted:

As Virgil Smith often says, you need to listen to the fundamental.  If
you are in doubt about the note, run a short chromatic scale down to it.
If B0 is actually D1, it should become obvious as you scale down to it.
If it is not obvious, either the piano is too bad for it to matter, or
you are too tired to be working!  Yes, I've been tired before, but I hope
I always quit before that stage.  I know!!! spinits are spinits!!!

dave

On Wed, 14 May 1997, Ted Simmons wrote:

> I follow that, Dave, but how would one defend against that happening?  I
> mean, suppose it's the end of the day, you're tired and you rely on the SAT
> to get you through this last tuning so you can go home.  You are still
> dedicated to doing the best job you can but need a little more assistance
> from the SAT.  If that had been the case in the instance I described I may
> not have caught that sharp B0.
>
> Ted Simmons
>
> >The SAT in tuning B0 listenes to F#3 (the 6th partial).  When B0 was
> >actually sounding D1 it heard F#3 as the 5th partial and judged it to be
> >in tune.  As I tell my customers who ask about the SAT "you can't leave
> >your ears at home."
> >
> >dave
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