At 11:50 PM 2/7/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I also pitch raised a 1973 Kimball console today. The piano was all over >the place tuning-wise, but was only about 5 to 10 cents flat on average. I >made the small pitch offset correction as usual with the SAT, and after >the pitch raise pass, the ugly son-&%-$-$#%&@ was a good 15 to 20 cents >sharp. WHY? I went through it again without any pitch correction (the >piano should have ended up perhaps 5 cents sharp) and every thing was like >at least 10 cents sharp! <grin> If you raised it 5 cents and it went up 15-20, I'd investigate rendering, hammer technique, and test blows. Did you enjoy the false beats in the treble, too? Susan
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