Charles: Tuning a spinet is always problematical. You didn't say if there was a specific area that gave you the most trouble, but I find that getting octaves to work going down into the bass to be the area where the most compromise is necessary. I find that narrow bass octaves work the best to my ear, a slightly wide 4:2 being the best at eliminating excessive beating. Usually it seems that we do the best we can and accept that on such a low end piano you're not going to get high end results. Most spinet owners are happy just to have it sound musical. Patrick C. Poulson Registered Piano Technician Piano Technicians Guild
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