Duck on the Pianotech list.

[John Musselwhite]

At 01:24 PM 12/14/2000 -0500, Ed wrote:

>  Greetings,
>     The objection, which I share, is using the list for religious
>proselytizing.

Amen! (whoops... sorry!)

>To proselytize:
>1. To induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith.
>2. To induce someone to join one's own political party or to espouse one's
>doctrine.
>3. To convert (a person) from one belief, doctrine, cause, or faith to
>another. —.

That last one might be a toughie for those fanatical about ETs. <g> At 
least your election is over and #2 should be fading into memory.

>   The less focussed this list is on pianos,  the less value it has.  So,
>here is a piano post:
>     I intentionally sharpened the last octave of a Steinway D with my SAT
>last week.  I punched up the octave stretch so that the last note was 20
>cents sharper than a straight FAC tuning.  NOBODY noticed!!!!!

I recently tuned an SD-10 and as my hearing was dulled by a head cold  I 
deliberately let the FAC pick the last octave stretch. The owner complained 
that it sounded flat and I ended up with C8 25 cents sharper before she was 
satisfied.

The Sojin I tuned yesterday, which was 15 cents flat at A4, had a C8 that 
was just shy of a D8 even though B7 was 100 cents flat at the end of the 
pitch correction.

It's a strange old world, isn't it?

                 John

John Musselwhite, RPT    -     Calgary, Alberta Canada
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