Wierd Pitch Raise Results

Susan Kline sckline@attbi.com
Thu, 07 Feb 2002 23:00:16 -0800


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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