<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>I thought the usual amount to overpull was 25-30% = and that the SAT calculated it at 30% based on a bottom to top pull unisons as you go = method.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=Billbrpt@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Billbrpt@AOL.COM">Billbrpt@AOL.COM</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> November 05, 2001 6:19 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Oops?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2><BR>Let's = say the pitch is -120 cents.  The usual amount to overpull would be +60 cents. =  I simply cannot imagine doing a 2 pass tuning, not breaking any strings = and have the piano end up "dead on" as is the claim here. <BR><BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>