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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wim</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>If the "F" you used was a wound string, =
you will
get a lousy tuning. Measure the inharmonicity of the first wire string =
above F3
and use that number for the FAC and it will be a lot =
better.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dick MT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM" =
title=Wimblees@AOL.COM>Wimblees@AOL.COM</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 28, 2001 =
10:28
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Basic SAT III =
(& VTD)
Questions</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
1/27/01 9:51:32 PM Central Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:joegum@webtv.net">joegum@webtv.net</A> <BR>writes: =
<BR><BR><BR>
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MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"
TYPE="CITE">Hi. I had the opportunity this afternoon to =
experiment
with an SAT III <BR>at a friend's home. (My first experience =
with a
VTD... II was trained <BR>years ago as an aural tuner.) I was led =
through
the F-A-C procedure, set <BR>the temperament
=
&=
nbsp; &n=
bsp; by
device and tuned the <BR>strip-muted middle register. (The =
piano
wasn't significantly out of <BR>tune and very close to pitch.)
However, when I checked the octaves, <BR>they were beating =
quite
noticeably (one to two BPS). Is this normal? <BR>Is it now in =
some
circles considered acceptable for octaves to be <BR>stretched this =
much?
When you use a VTD in noisy conditions, how can <BR>you have =
faith in
what it's telling you without the benefit of aural <BR>verification? =
If the stretch is adjustable, can the stretch be reliably
<BR>individualized for each instrument without aural verification?
Thanks <BR>for letting me pop back onto the list and ask these =
questions. -Joe <BR>Gumbosky
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&=
nbsp;
<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Joe <BR><BR>When I first started using =
the SAT,
(started with the SAT II and am now using <BR>the III), I had to used =
to how
much the upper octaves were stretching, <BR>compared to what I used to =
do by
ear. At first I was bringing them back down, <BR>because it just =
didn't sound
right to me. But now I have become accustomed to <BR>the stretching, =
and so
far, (knock on wood) I have not had any complaints <BR>from clients.
<BR><BR>Willem </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>