I would be letting the pitch ride on these babies unless it is all in the tenor... David I. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 8/28/01 at 8:33 PM Paul Kupelian wrote: >OK guys and gals- I've taken enough heat over this issue. First of all as >Newton so succinctly put it, he wishes he were left handed. Well, I am >left handed and tune that way. Also, she might better keep the accu-tuner >in its case for these and learn to tune them by ear. > >I have had very good luck by starting with the temperament and tuning >upward to the treble break and then doing the bass and bichords, then >going >up to finish from the break to the top. These pianos are also 20 to 35 >cents sharp this time of year and need to be lowered 8 to 12 cents below >pitch before a stable tuning can be done. In my 14 years at SUNY, I never >had a real tuning issue with these pianos. > >Regards, >Paul (my replacement was Michelle) Kupelian, RPT > >On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Susan Kline wrote: > >> Michelle said -- >> >> >I was talking with him at lunch today, and he says that I am having >trouble >> >tuning my 1098's because I use an accu-tuner and start at AO ( a zero) >and >> >make my way up chromatically. >> >Is he as crazy as I've always thought?? >> >> <probably ... grin> >> >> So, the answer to this is to take your Accu-Tuner, walk up to a 1098 >beast >> in its lair, and tune it starting upward at note 44, followed by >downward, >> starting at note 43. >> >> SURPRISE!! (I'll bet that it will still tend sharp, unless you change to >> an impact tuning lever, or otherwise change the way you set the pins, if >> set they EVER are, on such an animal.) >> >> Oh, BETTER YOU THAN ME! >> >> Susan Kline >> Linfield College, McMinnville, OR >>
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