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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Patrick, you might look into Jim's =
"Dual FAC"
tuning method. You use F3 (or the lowest plain wire) reading on one page =
for all
the plain wires in the tenor through the treble, and take another =
reading using
the highest wound string, plus A4 and C6 for the wound strings in the =
tenor and
bass. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> This may be =
described better in
your manual.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pcpoulso@pacbell.net =
href="mailto:pcpoulso@pacbell.net">Patrick
C.Poulson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 31, 2003 =
9:56
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> FAC adjustments</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hello Jim: So nice to hear that you are back on the =
active
list. I have a<BR>question for you, if you don't mind my picking your =
brain. I
have a SAT II,<BR>and occasionally I will find that it gives widely =
stretched
octaves in the<BR>lower temperment area. This has occured on several =
consoles,
the last one<BR>being a Shoninger. This one was typical of this kind =
of
problematic piano in<BR>that the reading on the F3 note had a very =
high value,
around 18 as I<BR>recall, and A4 was much lower, around 8. I had =
octaves
over 4 cents wide in<BR>the lower temperment area, and had to raise =
the lower
notes up to get<BR>acceptably beating octaves. This problem doesn't =
seem to
always happen with<BR>high F values, curiously enough, just on a few
pianos. I seem to recall you<BR>talking about a way of changing =
the FAC
values to narrow the octaves, but<BR>kind find it in my notes. Could =
you
repeat them for me, or perhaps direct me<BR>to a Journal article in =
which you
talk about this? Thanks and best wishes,<BR>Patrick Poulson,
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