Jim, If I pluck the F3 string instead of using the key I am exciting a different harmonic but I often can get a better reading. How will this affect the FAC? David I. > Here is a method to gain better accuracy: Instead of tuning the F3 to > the setting F5=0.0 (it is difficult to tune to the accuracy of .1 > cent), if the F3 is fairly close, adjust the cents to really stop the > dot rotation. Then hold down the SHIFT button and touch the MSR button > to reset the SAT to that pitch. Now, you can press UP OCTAVE, use the > MSR button to slow or stop the dots while playing the F3 (trim up > using the cents buttons if necessary for absolute precision). Store > this number (which represents the difference in cents between the 4th > and 8th partials of F3) in the usual fashion by holding down the SHIFT > button and pressing the STO STRETCH button. Utilize the same procedure > for measuring the A4 Stretch number more accurately, and the same for > the C6 number. Remember that just before calculating the tuning, you > must recalibrate the SAT to a true A-440 by holding down the SHIFT and > TUNE buttons to get into the Calibrate mode and then press TUNE to get > out. Select a page of memory by using the dedicated PAGE Up or Page Dn > buttons. Now you can do the "rollover technique" (hold down STRETCH, > hold down MEM, release STRETCH, release MEM). Wait 4 or 5 seconds and > you have a good tuning for the complete piano. If your personal taste > dictates more or less octave stretch, then you can use the DOB as > described above. The DOB can be invoked at any point where you would > like the tuning to be a little different. > > Shakespeare wrote a play "As You Like It". Dr. Sanderson wrote a > tuning program "As You Like It." I love it. The SAT III does what I > want it to do. > > Jim Coleman, Sr. > David Ilvedson, RPT
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