Yea, but Joe that would mean reading it first...;-] David I. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 4/24/01 at 3:31 PM Joseph Garrett wrote: >Terry, >Why screw around with FAC in the 1st place. Try the method I advocated in >the Jan.2000 issue of the PTJ. It'll make you a better tuner, so you won't >have to sweat the small stuff (pso).:-) >Regards >Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) >----- Original Message ----- >From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 6:22 PM >Subject: SAT III Question > > >> Every once in a while (it happened the other day on a Knabe console about >> 15 - 30 years old) I'll tune a piano that seems to defy the SAT. I do the >> FAC in the normal manner, but when I start tuning and checking octaves, I >> find that the calculated octave stretch above A4 is way too much. I find >I >> need to enter a Double Octave Beat (DOB) factor of up to -2.0 to settle >the >> calculated tuning down enough for my tastes. This is after measuring the >"A" >> and "C" values several times - and even notes next to them. Anyone have a >> thought on why this might occur? >> >> Terry Farrell >> Piano Tuning & Service >> Tampa, Florida >> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com >>
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