First, Thanks to all who contributed comments about FAC numbers and a possible database. << I have found FAC #'s are different on pianos of the same make and model, so there is nothing gained by saving the numbers. I found the FAC #'s seem to change from season to season on the same piano.>> I determine the FAC number at the start of every tuning and halfway through after a bit of a pitch change, and most often find the FAC numbers have "progressed" a bit. In fact, I find it unusual when they ever match the last tuning done months previously. I agree now that it is useless to try to find "average" FAC numbers for cheap pianos, but thought I would ask. ( I once found a "F" number of 29 cents on a real dog, and I know everything above 15 cents is actually entered as a 15.) <<Jim Coleman - "I really like the way that the new SAT III is equipped to handle these problems in a systematic way. I will soon publish a paper on the way I handle Acrosonic spinets. The Wurlitzer spinet requires a slightly diffe rent approach. Both of these pianos can be easily tweaked with the new Double Octave stretch control during the tuning of the pianos. ">> Excellent! Thanks again, Bill Simon Phoenix
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