FAC database

[Michel Lachance]

Bill,

My experience with FAC is that there are some pianos on which it simply 
doesn't work.  Most of them are small spinets, console or small grands.  I 
have tried fooling around with the FAC numbers, tried the dual page 
calculation, tried the single F4 calculation, I always ended up with wild 
beats in the temperament octave.  I have raised the issue on this list a 
couple of time and never got a satisfactory answer.  This is one of the 
reasons I have switched from SAT to RCT.

With "chalenge scaled" pianos, you would rather need a whole 88 note tuning 
data than simple FAC numbers.

BTW, I have a SAT II for sale.

Regards,

Michel

>I have the list of FAC numbers for good quality grands, and some excellent
>uprights, that Inventronics puts out.
>
>Most of the pianos I see are DEFINITELY NOT good quality pianos.
>
>I was wondering about the feasibility of a list of FAC numbers for the 
>Betsy
>Ross spinets, the  Lesters, etc.  Does a secondary list of these exist?
>
>If not, I might be willing to start compiling a list of FAC numbers
>discovered by list members, to be available free of charge to whoever wants
>it. Necessary, though, would be name of piano, height/length, FAC, etc.
>
>Any interest? Any problems in doing such a thing, or has it been done 
>already?
>
>Bill Simon
>Phoenix

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