David "very ripe" is a nice way to describe it... David I. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/22/01 at 5:06 AM David Love wrote: >David I: > >The octave was so clealy off that checks were hardly necessary to confirm >it. They were wide 1 to 2 bps, the 3rd 10th tests confirmed it and the >progression of 10ths became quickly very ripe. > >David Love > > >>From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@jps.net> >>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >>To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >>Subject: Re: SAT III Problems and Questions >>Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:34:33 -0800 >> >>David, >> >>What was your clue that the intervals were too wide? What intervals are >>you aurally using to keep tabs on the tuning? >> >>David I. >> >>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> >>On 2/21/01 at 3:47 PM David Love wrote: >> >> >I started using an SAT III about a year ago. I find it to be a useful >> >tool, >> >certainly not an ear substitute, but useful. I always take new FAC >> >readings >> >for each piano and I am confident that they are taken accurately. Yet I >> >often find that as I progress through the piano the scale that the >>machine >> >calculates from those readings is off. When there is a problem it is >>most >> >often noticeable in the 4th and 5th octaves (or going down in the bass). >> >The >> >octaves in this section are invariably too wide and not just by a little >> >bit--clearly objectionable. For example, today I tuned a Steinway L >>recent >> >model. When I got to this problem section I set the pitch initially by >> >the >> >ETD and corrected to the flat side by ear. Oddly, when I got to the >>sixth >> >octave, the problem seemed to correct itself, i.e. the machine's scaling >> >was >> >now correct. This implies, of course, that had I tuned strictly by the >> >machine, the 4th and fifth octaves would have been calculated too wide >>and >> >the 6th octave too narrow. What gives? Is it possible that there is a >> >problem with this machine? Is this sort of anomaly a regular >occurrence? >> > >> >One more question. When one alters the DOB on a page, does that >> >alteration >> >stay on that page even if you save a new FAC to that page? Or, when you >> >save >> >a new FAC reading to that page does it default back to its original >> >setting? >> > >> >Any input is appreciated. >> > >> >David Love >> >_________________________________________________________________ >> >_________________________________________________________________ >> >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >> >> >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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