Wierd Pitch Raise Results

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Terry,
Sometimes its the buttons that you don't know you have pushed that get you
in trouble.
Like inadvertently setting the SAT to a higher pitch and then doing a pitch
raise on top of that<:O(
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:50 PM
Subject: Wierd Pitch Raise Results


> Half the piano I tune require a significant pitch raise. I do a lot of
pitch raises. I use a SAT III. Almost all my pitch raises come out really
close to target.
>
> BUT. Some don't. Today I pitch raised three pianos. An Aeolian spinet
(what junk!) was raised 30 cents - came out real close to target. A German
F. Weber old upright - raised 80 cents and came out right on target.
Yesterday I did 60-cent pitch raises on six P22s (and tuned them - new
tuning output record for me! - also a new one-day income record for me! :-)
!!) - all came out right where I wanted them.
>
> 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!
>
> Is this like some loosey goosey piano or what? Was I having an acid
flashback? I takes a lot to get me riled up while working on a piano, but
this one pushed me close to the limit.
>
> Ever see anything like this, or is it more likely that I was just tired
and screwing up big time?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Terry Farrell
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