[pianotech] (Pitch Raise) Raising rates in recession

pianofritz50 at aol.com pianofritz50 at aol.com
Sat Jul 3 11:15:14 MDT 2010


The Verituner has default of: 10% wound, 28% midsection single, and 36% treble (around F5 and higher)
I customized mine (VT-PPC) to 13%, 28%, and 34% which seems to work better for me.

>From the manual:  Overpull Percentages
The Verituner calculates a tuning target based on a number of factors (see
Chapter 5). An overpull amount is added beyond the target to compensate for
the settling of strings in pitch raising or lowering, The amount of overpull is
calculated as a percentage of the difference between the actual pitch and the
target. For example, if a note is 12 cents sharp, and the overpull is set at 36%,
the overpull marker will be at –4.3 cents.

Bill Fritz, St Louis




From:
David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>

To:
pianotech at ptg.org

Subject:
Re: [pianotech] Raising rates in recession

Date:
Fri, 2 Jul 2010 21:51:23 -0700


Depends on the machine.  A VT calculates it automatically by measuring each
ote that you are tuning and if in pitch raise mode gives you a target based
n your programming.  The SAT you have to take periodic measurements as you
re going, say every 5th or octave or so.  The RCT calculates the average
ased on the last five notes tuned (trailing average).  Whichever way the
TD's do a pretty good job of figuring out the required overpull and giving
ou a target.  The standard overpull settings will vary depending on which
art of the piano you are talking about.  The 38% overpull is a standard of
he VT for the treble but I think it's a bit too much and you can customize
t.  The SAT III has as 25% setting and a 32% (or something like that) and
ou can choose which one to use depending on which part of the piano and
hat type of piano (they vary).  I'm not sure what the RCT settings are.  
David Love
ww.davidlovepianos.com

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