<!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 6.00.2800.1522" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Robert,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The one you feel most comfortable with = and takes the least time to accomplish.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One thing that seldom mentioned is the = hammer technic that is used may have an effect on which method you choose. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Before I started notching, the A0 to = the top gave me very unreliable results. Now it is usually just a touchup of the bass = or low tenor for a home tuning. This is with a 20 cent or less pitch raise and sometimes get luckey with 40 to 50 cents.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <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=rfinley@rcn.com href="mailto:rfinley@rcn.com">Robert = Finley</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> Saturday, February 11, = 2006 7:56 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Best Way to Tune A = Piano Using Accutuner III?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For those of you who use an Accutuner = III, which way would you recommend using it to achieve a fine tuning?  I = have heard several different and conflicting opinions, and I am wondering what to = make of it. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A friend of mine told me he achieves = a good tuning by using the SAT III to perform the FAC calculation, and = then tuning chromatically up the piano from A0, note by note, also = tuning the unisons as he goes, and aurally checking the octaves and other = intervals. Someone else told me that this would be the method to use only for = pitch raising and achieving stability, but not for fine tuning. Another = person told me that the temperament should be tuned first and then spread up the piano by octaves and then lower. = Aural checks would be done to ensure that everything sounds correct and the = beat rates of the intervals are what they should be. =   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your opinion on this will be = much appreciated. Thank you very much. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robert Finley</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>