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<DIV>Hope you weren't using the tuning for the 64-note Tom Thumb!</DIV>
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<DIV>I have had the same thing happen to me a couple times. I never =
figured out
what the deal was. :-(</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A =
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:Pianotoone@AOL.COM"
title=Pianotoone@AOL.COM>Pianotoone@AOL.COM</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 09, =
2000 5:37
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> SAT Mystery</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Had =
finished installing
new strings on 6' grand piano and had chipped them <BR>close to pitch. =
<BR><BR>Got out my trusty SAT Accutuner II and started at middle C, =
intending
to work <BR>down and then up. Accutuner worked fine until I got =
to Bb
(2). Then it <BR>wouldn't register the note. I tried =
moving the
tuner, recalibrating the FAC <BR>numbers, trying a different grand =
piano
stored tuning. Nothing worked. <BR>Still registered fine =
above
Bb(2) <BR><BR>In experimenting I found that the lights stopped when I =
tuned
Bb(2) exactly <BR>1/2 step flat (in other words to A2) and all the =
other noted
below Bb(2) the <BR>same 1/2 step flat. I went ahead and tuned =
the bass
by ear and then started <BR>up the piano using the same generic grand =
tuning I
had stored in the <BR>accutuner. When I got to Bb(5) exactly the =
same
thing happened. I finished <BR>the treble using the old =
fashioned but
reliable "ear" method. <BR><BR><BR>When I finished this piano I went =
to a
Baldwin Studio piano in the same <BR>church and the accutuner worked
perfectly. Went back to the grand again and <BR>had the same =
problem.
<BR><BR>Are you on line Dr Sanderson or Ric B.? Or anybody that =
can
solve this <BR>mystery. <BR><BR>Thanks and Happy holidays to all =
<BR><BR>Dick
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