Best Way to Tune A Piano Using Accutuner III?

[Joe And Penny Goss]

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Hi Robert,
The one you feel most comfortable with and takes the least time to =
accomplish.
One thing that seldom mentioned is the hammer technic that is used may =
have an effect on which method you choose.=20
Before I started notching, the A0 to the top gave me very unreliable =
results. Now it is usually just a touchup of the bass or low tenor for a =
home tuning. This is with a 20 cent or less pitch raise and sometimes =
get luckey with 40 to 50 cents.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
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  From: Robert Finley=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 7:56 AM
  Subject: Best Way to Tune A Piano Using Accutuner III?


  For those of you who use an Accutuner III, which way would you =
recommend using it to achieve a fine tuning?  I have heard several =
different and conflicting opinions, and I am wondering what to make of =
it.=20

  A friend of mine told me he achieves a good tuning by using the SAT =
III to perform the FAC calculation, and then tuning chromatically up the =
piano from A0, note by note, also tuning the unisons as he goes, and =
aurally checking the octaves and other intervals. Someone else told me =
that this would be the method to use only for pitch raising and =
achieving stability, but not for fine tuning. Another person told me =
that the temperament should be tuned first and then spread up the piano =
by octaves and then lower. Aural checks would be done to ensure that =
everything sounds correct and the beat rates of the intervals are what =
they should be.  =20

  Your opinion on this will be much appreciated. Thank you very much.=20

  Robert Finley
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