Hi list, While we're on the thread of using SAT's for piano tuning, I'd like to relate an incident that happened recently. I was called in to tune a spinet that I had never seen before. I set up my SAT for this piano and began the tuning. As I got into the lower bass the SAT indicated that the notes were very flat and had to be adjusted upwards. When I got to the lowest B, however, the SAT indicated that it was only slightly flat and so I merely tweaked it a little. I was puzzled by the fact that among all of those "very flat" notes was one that was almost on pitch. So I did some aural checks and, while striking the lowest B, I played notes up from it one at a time and discovered that this B was in unison with D1. Instead of being flat, it was sharp by a great amount! I love my SAT and it performs well for me, but it fooled me down in the low bass. I've been leery of its bass capabilities ever since. Can anyone explain why this happened and how the SAT can be used to home in on the correct pitch for these low notes? Ted Simmons, Merritt Island, FL (1 hour's drive from Orlando)
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