Michael Gamble wrote; >>"I also find in some pianos that the 10ths beat rate slows down suddenly as it starts getting into the bass covered string area.">> Hello Michael, this is why I always include the first note of the bass section in my bearing scale and temper all the intervals from that point. Sometimes I end up with a bearing scale of two octaves but usually in uprights from D30 to A49. With a much wider bearing scale it is much easier to balance the 4ths and the 5ths with their common partial intersects. I have the same TLA tuner as you, but I have never used it to put in a scale. It's just not sophisticated enough for that. I tune the scale and it's unisons aurally, and then switch on the TLA to tune from thereon, calibrating it to what I have done. I give the machine the information to work on; it doesn't tell me what to do! Do you use a muting strip for overdamper pianos? It's a confounded nuisance sometimes to get a strip into those pianos where the action doesn't tilt forward enough. Regards Alan Forsyth Edinburgh
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