<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>This thread is touching on the same thing as the tuning frequency threa= d. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On Friday I had a meeting with the three piano professors, and the= chair of the department. Among things, one of the topics we discussed was my= tuning. Not the frequency of it, but the end result. They just weren't = very happy with how the pianos sounded. One of the profs told me she thought the = bass on her two B's was too low. (I use the preset tuning on my SATIII). Another = prof played c3-f3-f4, and said it sounded muddy. (I had just tuned this piano thr= ee days earlier). </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The upshot was that the next day I spent 6 hours tuning and voicin= g the two B's. Although I used the SATIII to get me in the ball park, I turned the machine off and went back to basics, listening carefully wit= h my ears. I tuned the recital hall the next day, and used my ears. I didn't even= turn the machine on. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sometimes we need a kick in the rear to remind us that tuning is still an aural sport. I got lazy, and relied too much on my little box. </DIV= > <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama<BR>Tuscaloosa, AL USA</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>