---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment =20 Thanks to all for the good advice on heating, cooling, and crotch-filing =20 one's fork. =20 =20 Dave Stahl =20 In a message dated 8/30/05 8:14:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time, =20 emailforjc@yahoo.com writes: Dave,=20 I use the John Walker nickel plated fork =E2=80=93 Schaff # 2106, page 32.=20= I think=20 Pianotek has the same one. It=E2=80=99s $34, but it is loud and pure with a= long=20 sustain. Well worth the extra money.=20 It still needed calibration when I got it. I downloaded Tunelab to my=20 desktop, and calibrated the PC=E2=80=99s oscillator to the National atomic=20= clock in Denver.=20 Tunelab has the instructions. Then I calibrated the fork to Tunelab. I=20 calibrated the fork at a temperature somewhat above room temperature, by wa= rming=20 it with my hand. I wanted it above room temperature, because in the summer,= if=20 by bag has been in a hot car, the fork will still be at a reasonable pitch.= =20 In the cold whether, it=E2=80=99s easy to raise the temperature, but not as= easy to=20 lower it. =20 Of course every fork changes with temperature, but this one changes much=20 less than the small blued fork I was previously using. And the tone quality= is=20 in a different league. I don=E2=80=99t know of any other high quality compa= ct forks.=20 Jerry Cohen, RPT=20 NJ Chapter=20 =20 List, =20 =20 I would like to get a tuning fork that's actually at 440, not flat or =20 sharp. Any recommendations for something that fluctuates a little less wit= h=20 temperature? =20 =20 Thanks, =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/90/c2/82/bf/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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