Well, I admit I've always been a little mathematically "challenged". :-[ Avery Todd At 05:01 PM 7/8/2006, you wrote: >Well gosh, 40% overpull on a 25-cent pitch raise is only ten cents! >Geeeesssshhhhh! ;-) > >Terry Farrell >----- Original Message ----- > >In all my years of doing this, I've never run into a piano where the >monochords needed that much of an overpull! I, too, would be afraid >to do that! IMO, it isn't necessary. > >I don't even use the PR function on the SAT for the bass strings. I >start with #1 and just pull them a little sharp and go! They usually >come out pretty close. > >Avery Todd >University of Houston > >At 09:46 AM 7/8/2006, you wrote: >>I've been chicken to try that big an overpull percent on the >>monochords, for fear of breaking them. >> >>In the TuneLab Pro documentation, Robert Scott recommends 12% for >>the bass bridge and 30% elsewhere, for small to moderate pitch >>raises. For better results (tuning unisons as you go, bass to treble): >> >> bass bridge 12% >> tenor bridge to G5 29% >> G5 to G6 29% increasing to 37% >> G6 to C8 37% decreasing to 14% (tension >> gets high up there) >> >>TuneLab's ability to measure each string and calculate a precise, >>individual overpull percentage in realtime is one of its best >>features, I think. >> >>--Cy-- >>shusterpiano.com >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> >>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> >>Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 3:38 AM >>Subject: Re: post pitch-raise creep? >> >> >>>I use a VT also Andrew, and I find that the upper end of your >>>percent ranges work for me in the tenor and treble. However, I >>>find that the bicord bass needs closer to 25% and for whatever >>>reason - I certainly don't understand it - the monocord bass needs >>>about 40%. I know, I've never heard of anyone using that much >>>overpull in the low bass, but for whatever reason, if I don't, >>>it'll come out flat. Strange. >>> >>>Terry Farrell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060708/f51801cb/attachment.html
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