Best Tuning Strategy using SAT III

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:53:33 -0700


Don,

I do go through it twice...sometimes three times in the tenor.

David I.



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: Don <pianotuna@yahoo.com>
To: ilvey@sbcglobal.net, Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: 9/11/2005 5:00:00 PM
Subject: Re: Best Tuning Strategy using SAT III


>Hi David,

>With respect, if no over pull is used then all tunings will end up flat of
>A440. I find I have to over compensate even on as small a correction as 2
>cents. (A439.5 to A440)

>Rate of string breakage in my client base is one string per 300 pianos for
>bass strings and less than one string per 1000 pianos for plain steel wire.

>At 08:00 AM 9/12/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>>  
>>     I can't imagine bringing a piano from -100 cents to +25 cents without
>>serious string breaking... David I.
>>
>>  
>> Original message
>>From: "Paul McCloud" 
>>To: Pianotech 
>>Received: 9/12/2005 7:40:51 AM
>>Subject: Re: Best Tuning Strategy using SAT III
>>
>>                              If I don't do this, it gets too sharp here.  
>>                      My way, FWIW.     Paul McCloud     San Diego      
>>----- Original Message -----  From: Joe And Penny Goss  To: Pianotech Sent:
>>09/12/2005 7:19:20 AM  Subject: Re: Best Tuning Strategy using SAT III 
>> Hi David,  FAC readings. Aural and machine combined. This of course on a
>>piano that is 10 or less off the 440.   it measures say 50 C I enter 25 C
>>and tune from A0 to the first plane wire strings and then go with the 25%
>>raise rewseting at C5    two raises then fine tune. I am always astounded
>>at thework that the III can do for me. Almost like having an airconditioned
>>cab on a hot combine.  Hammer technique I believe to be a part of the
>>varing results that techs get. Quick and fast is what seems to get the
>>results that I achieve. Joe Goss RPT
>>Mother Goose Tools
>>imatunr@srvinet.com
>>www.mothergoosetools.com  ----- Original Message -----  From: David Love 
>>To: 'Pianotech'  Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 7:42 AM Subject: RE: Best
>>Tuning Strategy using SAT III 
>>            David Love
>>davidlovepianos@comcast.net  -----Original Message-----
>>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
>>Behalf Of Robert Finley
>>Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 4:24 AM
>>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>>Subject: Best Tuning Strategy using SAT III            result? Thank you
>>for your help.      Robert Finley
>>
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>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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