One Pass Pitch Raise

Jon Page jonpage at comcast.net
Thu Feb 15 11:45:04 MST 2007


Acrosonic -26c
Set VT to A = +8c

Tune A4, A3, proceed to tenor break and tune upwards.
A3 @ -2c, pull up; raise C4 and up 5% ovrpl
A4 @ -4c, raise 10% ovrpl  to C5 raise 20% ovrpl
around F5 (treb break) raise 30% ovrpl to C7
20% ovrpl to mid octave, then 10% ovrpl
Bass raised to pitch (+8c)

When done, A=441 and the piano sounded reasonably well.
Of course it would sound better with another pass but for the
extra time involved it's debatable. He's having a DC installed
and another tuning in a few weeks so this will get him there.

With the piano reacting to the tension change over time, I think
this is better than two passes immediately. In other words, if the
piano sounded like this before, it would have sounded fine to
him and he probably would not have had it tuned.
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Regards,

Jon Page


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