<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I use the tuning fork as the initial tool for explaining where the customer's piano is as far as pitch is concerned.  I play A4 then sound the fork and let the customer hear the difference if any...then I sound the fork and show my SAT III's reading with the lights basically stopped.  Then I play the note and we look at the how the SAT reacts...i.e. turns the left the note is flat etc.  I explain that I can only do a fine, solid tuning when the piano is within a few cents of pitch.  I explain going through the piano twice with a pitch raise first and the extra fee I charge for this.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>David I.</DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 3/17/01 at 8:17 PM Clyde Hollinger wrote:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid">Richard, <P>I'm curious.  What do you do with your tuning fork if you have a SAT III? <P>Clyde <P>Richard Wolff wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <STYLE></STYLE> <FONT size=-1>According to my SAT III, my tuning fork is 2.5 cents flat.  I'm guessing that I can change this by filing something off of the fork- do I take some from the upper ends, bottom end, middle?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2 Arial></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>