<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Alan, I didn't know = you spoke Tibetan..... Yabut to you too. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Dr. Al recommends = 20% in the bass, I tried it, and it really works for me. He is published as saying = he recommends 33% percent in the treble. I tried it on a whole bunch of = pianos and piano styles and sizes, and it has always left the treble too sharp. = Notice, I didn't say too sharp for my own personal taste,  but too sharp = according to his own machine. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    All I can tell you, = is everything I try to put out here on this list are things that I = definitely have given great thought to, and done a lot of research and experimentation = on. I don't know anywhere near as much about soundboards and piano = construction as people like Del and Ron Nossaman, I don't know as much about action = geometry as Roger and many others on this list,( although I do know a whole lot = about actions and regulating them.) But one thing I'm sure of is how to = take a piano and bring it up from "horrible" to a concert level tuning in the = shortest amount of time. I have to know how to do it, I'm one of the people in = the sixth largest city in the USA who is the one up there that's given a little = over a half hour to get the piano ready after it's sat under blowing air = conditioning for four hours. I have to know how to do it, and what works, and what doesn't.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Whew! Glad I got = that one off my chest, I had to do just that in twenty minutes last night at a concert = here. Show up at 5:00, hoping to get in early. The bands running late, and = they do a sound check and generally goof off up there as long as possible, and I = finally get less than 1/2 hour to put my "sweetest tuning" quote ( from the = keyboardist) on it. Meanwhile, the stagehands are yelling "point it left, no too = far,, the other way,, no I mean your OTHER LEFT)  you get the idea. Sorry = about the rant, but I really do know what I'm talking about, believe it or don't. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    And in parting,,,, = Batwa.  <G></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mathstar@salemnet.com = href="mailto:mathstar@salemnet.com">Alan R. Barnard</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 23, 2002 = 7:45 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Pitch Raises ... = Multiple Passes?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yabut....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dr. Sanderson, inventor of the SAT, = recommends 20% on wound strings, 33% for the first six plain-wire unisons, then = 25% to the top. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since others have success with = slightly different percentages, it seems (and is interesting) that the exact = percentage or location in the piano is not all that critical a factor ... = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>