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<DIV>Thanks to all for the good advice on heating, cooling, and crotch-filin=
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one's fork. </DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/30/05 8:14:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
emailforjc@yahoo.com writes:</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dave,</SPAN></F=
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I use the John =
Walker
nickel plated fork – Schaff # 2106, page 32. I think Pianotek has =
the same
one. It’s $34, but it is loud and pure with a long sustain. Well w=
orth the
extra money.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It still needed=
calibration when I got it. I downloaded Tunelab to my desktop, and calibra=
ted
the PC’s oscillator to the National atomic clock in </SPAN></FONT>=
<FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Denver</SPAN></=
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face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. Tunelab has t=
he
instructions. Then I calibrated the fork to Tunelab. I calibrated the fork=
at
a temperature somewhat above room temperature, by warming it with my hand.=
I
wanted it above room temperature, because in the summer, if by bag has bee=
n in
a hot car, the fork will still be at a reasonable pitch. In the cold wheth=
er,
it’s easy to raise the temperature, but not as easy to lower it.
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Of course every=
fork
changes with temperature, but this one changes much less than the small bl=
ued
fork I was previously using. And the tone quality is in a different league=
. I
don’t know of any other high quality compact forks.</SPAN></FONT><=
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jerry Cohen,
RPT</SPAN></FONT></P>
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Chapter</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdan=
a">I
would like to get a tuning fork that's actually at 440, not flat or
sharp. Any recommendations for something that fluctuates a little le=
ss
with temperature?</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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