[pianotech] Was high and outside now silent pitch lowering

Terry Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Tue Oct 30 05:22:06 MDT 2012


I find it curious how folks find differing overpull percentages working for pitch raises. For me, I've settled on 16% in the bass, 28% in the tenor and 38% in the treble. Seems to work just about right on most any piano. I use the Sanderson method: A0 to C88, unisons as you go.

Terry Farrell

On Oct 30, 2012, at 12:44 AM, Cy Shuster wrote:

> Good question! Answer is rarely.
> 
> TuneLab has a safety limit for maximum overpull percentages. You tell it where the treble bridge starts, and you get one limit for the bass, another for the treble (slight differences between old Windows and new iOS/Android versions). I limit the bass to 10%, and treble to 25%.
> 
> --Cy-- 
> 
> Cy Shuster, RPT
> Albuquerque, NM


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