accutuner as tuning fork

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

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You've got a good tech down there, Guy Nichols. Talk to him.  The amount =
of stretch is not going to matter.=20

"It has a lot of false beats too." =20

That's probably getting closer to the source of the problem. We here in =
Arizona are also in a very dry climate. The false beats are probably =
caused by the bridge pins being not firmly in the wood anymore. Have you =
ever seen a Baldwin with a split out bridge? I sure have.... For some =
reason, they don't seem to be able to dry out their wood before they =
ship it.
Pick out a string that has a false beat, and take a soft metal tool and =
push it to the side while you play it. The false beat will either go =
away, or slow down quite a bit. That should tell you something.  There =
are other things that can cause false beats, but on a Baldwin I bet =
that's it. Look at the bridge pin, and see if it appears to be quite a =
bit of metal above the string, if it does, put a punch on it and GENTLY =
try to tap it down a bit.=20
The real fix would be to remove the pin and put thin epoxy down in the =
hole and then replace the pin.=20

"Next time I'll insist on removing all the pictures and sculptures so=20
I can go after those."=20

I went to seminars for years wanting to know what to do about false =
beats, I found out more about the problem from this list than I did =
anywhere else, enough to tell you that you're not going to find them =
looking in the wrong places to start.

Check the archives, or learn how to, it will give you a lot more =
information, and get in touch with Guy.

Kevin E. Ramsey=20
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Andrew & Rebeca Anderson=20
  To: oleg-i@noos.fr ; Pianotech=20
  Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:30 PM
  Subject: RE: accutuner as tuning fork


  Now that's a cool trick to play on a doubtful customer!  As I'm taking =

  tuning as a profession more seriously now (not just my wife's grand) =
I'm=20
  finding that most of my new customers haven't had a tech in years.  =
Pitch=20
  raises are what I do most of.  They can hear the difference.  The =
piano=20
  would sound dull, but after tuning it would be "alive".
  Speaking of "alive," my mother-in-law has a 6' DH-Baldwin that is=20
  distractingly "alive" when tuned.  I mean it rings a little too much =
for my=20
  taste.  I've been debating whether I should revise how I stretch it, =
or if=20
  I need to adjust some of the aliquots.  It has a lot of false beats=20
  too.  Next time I'll insist on removing all the pictures and =
sculptures so=20
  I can go after those.  I'm wondering if braiding might be called for =
or if=20
  a little twist against the wire to put a tiny kink in it might help to =

  detune them a little.

  Andrew Anderson
  Las Cruces, NM



  At 01:24 AM 1/9/2004 +0100, you wrote:
  >I noticed that almost all customers can appreciate the difference in
  >tone quality between 1 string at 435 and the other at 440 -42. just
  >the spectra, not even the pitch !
  >
  >best regards. Isaac
  >
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