<!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 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>David Ilvedson said: = "Somewhat lack it may be but SAT III will always get a 100% score on = PTG=<BR> tuning test...not too bad a place to begin.  Not the stability part of=<BR> the test though...that's the tuner = totally..."</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><EM><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT></EM> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Okay, I'll give you that. = I read the "always" and came up with the Winter spinet thing. But you are correct, = that there is the implication that David was referring to use of the SAT = III only in a PTG tuning exam situation - and yes, the test would be done on = a piano with a much less compromised string scale than a Winter spinet. My goof.</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Your question is moot as the = exam would never be done on such a piano<BR>> shaped object--but I rather expect = it would pass if one used Dr. Coleman's<BR>> method of two FAC = calculations with the SAT I or II and probably would also<BR>> "pass" with the Double = Octave feature of the SAT III.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> <BR>> Regards,<BR>> Don = Rose<BR>> <BR>> At 06:42 PM 9/13/2005 -0400, you wrote:<BR>>>   = Well, expiriment will tell, but my guess is that a  strict FAC tuning on<BR>>>a winter spinet will not pass the PTG exam - especially = in  the low tenor<BR>>>and bass.   Terry Farrell<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>