Pitch Raises ... Overpull Percentage

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco@luther.edu
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:33:15 -0500


At 06:57 8/22/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Conrad Hoffsommer asks:
>
> >For the benefit of newbies and non-ETD users, could you review just what
> >that is 20%/25%/30% OF?


>  For example, if the measurements say the piano (or the region where you 
> are tuning) is 40 cents flat, and the overpull percentage is 25%, then 
> the ETD will set a target pitch that is 10 cents higher than normal, in 
> anticipation of the pitch falling that 10 cents by the time you finishing 
> tuning the whole piano.
>
>-Robert Scott
>  Real-Time Specialties


Thank you, Robert, there is now a little less confusion in my alleged brain.



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