Changing Inharmonicity

[David Love]

Interestingly, what I often find is that the first wound string gives me a
lower inharmonicity reading than the first plain wire string.  In the case
where F3 is a wound string and the first plain wire string gives me a very
high number, I usually go up the scale a few notes until the inharmonicity
begins to drop to a more normal reading (the point at which the tenor bridge
begins to straighten out often) and go from there.  In the process of tuning
I am then manipulating the notes around the break aurally to get whatever
sounds the best.

David Love

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Beaton" <rbeaton@initco.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: November 01, 2001 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: Changing Inharmonicity


> David & all...
>
> Re FAC    If F3 is a wound string you will get a large number and a poor
> tuning.  Recall Jim Coleman's info some time ago.  Use the inharmonicity
> reading of the first plain wire for the F3 reading. If the bass doesn't
come
> out sounding good, just go down the bass aurally, or tune it to a partial
> above.
>
> I use a SAT II and tune a Yamaha C 9ft quite frequencty.  I use the same
> page number every time and it sounds just fine. Of course this piano is in
> the same environment all the time, so it doesn'g move much.
> FWIW   Dick  MT
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Love <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 8:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Changing Inharmonicity
> >
>