Terry, Just wondering. Did you try plucking the F string with your finger as Jim Coleman suggests? When I can't get a reading the normal way, I've always been able to get one by plucking. Avery At 10:00 AM 02/22/01 -0500, you wrote: >As a follow up to the recent thread on using the stock SAT tunings VS always >using FAC values from the piano. I agree. Use FAC values from the piano. >BUT, if for some reason that is not possible/practical/etc.......... > >I tuned two pianos yesterday, a recent vintage Kawai KG-2 grand (decent >piano) and a 1902 Kimball upright (REALLY bad news). On both pianos I could >not get an "F" value. I even tried nearby strings. I first zeroed in on the >F5 partial and then went tabbed the machine one octave up to measure the >inharmonicity, and on both pianos, I could not get a light pattern. The SAT >would not pick up the partial. > >SOooooooooo, what did I do? Rely on my non-existent aural skills? No way. >For the Kawai, I used the generic KG-2 tuning. The F value looked >reasonable, and the A and C values were EXACTLY what I measured on that >piano. Sampled some octaves & double & triple octaves and they were right >on. No need for DOB adjustment. Kimball - same thing. I used the Baldwin 52" >generic tuning - didn't even check the A and C values on the piano (it was >soooooo baaaaad). Check a few octaves, BINGO!, perfect. No DOB adjustment. >If the octaves were a bit off, I would simply have used the DOB feature to >adjust my octave widths. > >Yesterday was a good day to use Sanderson's generic tunings. And yes, >otherwise I always use measured FAC values from the individual piano (plus I >always measure all three of the A strings and average if they are close - >sometimes I even measure other strings). > >Terry Farrell >Piano Tuning & Service >Tampa, Florida >mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
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