strange FAC (SAT) numbers

[Newton Hunt]

Excessive low inharmonicity.   THis piano has a thin and less robust
tone than our "modern" pianos have.  Tone image was different then
than now.  Don't worry about it, just tune it and it will sound nice. 
and for the sake of us all don't try to change it.

		Newton 

pianolover 88 wrote:
> 
> Setting up to tune a very old "Broadwood" grand over the weekend. Partially
> rebuilt with new pinblock, pins and strings. However, I have a strong
> suspicion that the scaling was pretty poor. After muting the piano as usual,
> i attempted to take the standard FAC measurments, (twice to make sure) but
> found the following numbers: 12, 2.4, 1.6! We obviously know that high
> numbers such as 23 for the F reading, followed by, for instance 8 and 12
> would indicate a poorly scaled piano...but what about excessively LOW
> numbers?
> 
> Terry Peterson
> Precision Piano Service
> Torrance, CA
> 
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