File off from the top of tines to make the pitch go sharper, file from the bottom of the tines (usually that means from the side) to make the pitch go flatter. Go slowly, you can make changes fairly easily and make sure that the fork is the temperature at which you would use it. David Love >From: "Richard Wolff" <r.a.wolff@worldnet.att.net> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Subject: tuning fork >Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 17:55:15 -0600 > >According to my SAT III, my tuning fork is 2.5 cents flat. I'm guessing >that I can change this by filing something off of the fork- do I take some >from the upper ends, bottom end, middle? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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