Verituner help

[David Love]

The machine is smart, but not that smart.  You must decide which overpulls
to use and when.  I have reset my lowest OP to 18%, which I use for the
bass and wound strings in the tenor.  I find that 30% and 36% work fine for
the rest of the piano.  I usually start the 36% at 1st tenor treble break,
or around note 50.  There are exceptions.  Small spinets do not seem to
require as much pull throughout the piano.  Also, I find that it's a good
idea to take some preliminary measurments at A1, A2, A3, A4 , A5, A6 before
starting and deciding on a stretch level before you do the first pass. 
That will get you closer to your final target.  

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Phil Ryan <pryan2@the-beach.net>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 2/22/2004 4:16:47 AM
> Subject: Verituner help
>
> The guys in the local chapter have asked me to bring my Verituner for 
> show-and-tell  to the next chapter meeting(Tuesday), so I've been 
> reading through the manual and come up with a little confusion that I 
> hope someone will clarify, namely, Overpull percentages.
>
> The machine lists as default three percentages 10 (wound strings); 30 
> (plainwire); and  36% (treble) or all.  I know you can change these and 
> turn them on and off as you progress up/down the piano. 
>
> My questions are, how does the piano know which strings are wound and 
> not?  If you highlight them "all",  does the piano change them as you 
> tune up or down?  The default percentages also confuse me as I have 
> rarely, if ever, found 10 % to be appropriate (common ) for a bass pitch 
> raise and 30% seems to be a little high for a default percentage for 
> midrage notes.  Can anyone shine a little light on this?  Thanks.
>
> Phil Ryan
>
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