Fw: SATII use

[Joe & Penny Goss]

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> From: Joe & Penny Goss <imatunr@primenet.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: SATII use
> Date: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 10:26 PM
> 
> Mike,
> I agree. That is why I like the F4 tunings better than FAC for these
> pianos. The stretch is wider in the bass and coupled with an FAC page the
> bass numbers better.
> Joe Goss
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> > From: Mike Masters <agraffes@worldnet.att.net>
> > To: pianotech@ptg.org
> > Subject: Re: SATII use
> > Date: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 10:11 PM
> > 
> > Bob and List,
> >  This is a topic which I have brought to the attention of Dr. Sanderson

> > himself (at the Ohio State Seminar last week!) 
> > 	I did have a piano today that I have been tuning for about 3 years
now. 
> > The FAC readings are very similar to other numbers of other pianos I 
> > have seen. The piano in question is a 1940'3 Conover Cable spinet The 
> > break is E3-F3 (E32-F33) F3 is plain wire. FAC reading on F3 (F5 tune, 
> > measure F6) is 24.3c. now the highest the FAC will accept is 20.0c. And

> > we all know from experience this tuning is not going to sound the best 
> > and in most cases in my experience the bottom half of the piano (or so)

> > will be tuned aurally. (Or some just say, its only a spinet that hasn't

> > been tuned in 20 years, and whos going to notice if the tuning isn't as

> > good as it could be.) readings on F#, G, G#, A were all above 20c, 
> > similar to the F reading. Just for fun and experimenting I took a 
> > reading of E3 (first copper wound string in bass section, descending) 
> > and came up with a 10.5c reading. the numbers turned out to be
something 
> > like 10.5, 10.5, 7.7 not too bad for a spinet, lets see how it sounds,
I 
> > think that was the best that little piano had sounded in a while. I'm 
> > not quite sure why but the reading from the first copper wound string
in 
> > the bass section produced better numbers and a better tuning than any
of 
> > the samples from above the break. The bass was much clearer, not 
> > overstretched like with the +20.0c from before. Just my observation. 
> > Take it what its worth.
> > 
> > Mike Masters
> > Masters Piano Service
> > Lakewood, OH