Lo bass tuning

[Ted Simmons]

>Anyone who calls a string sharp when it is sagging, well, you do have a
>problem, and I don't think it's the La Petite.  (You have given me a good
>chuckle.)
>
>Here is a possible direction: Take a tone generating type device, match it
>against a corresponding single string on the piano and give this individual
>an hearing test by lowering and/or raising the pitch of the string against
>the tone to determine if sharp means the same thing to her as it does to
>you.
>
>Just an idea.  Good luck!

>Keith A. McGavern
>kam544@ionet.net
>Registered Piano Technician
>Oklahoma Chapter 731
>Piano Technicians Guild
>Oklahoma Baptist University
>Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA


Thanks for the suggestion Keith.  I think I'll need some luck in this
instance.  I later thought that this may be explained by the fact that
there is no fundamental tone in those low notes and that's what she was
listening for.
I'm not sure she can accept that.

Ted Simmons, Merritt Island, FL