<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Anything over 4 cents = will require a second tuning.  I found with the SAT III (when I was using it) = that the pitch raise function needs to be modified slightly to accomodate = different areas of the piano.  The standard pitch raise function overpulls by about = 25% (if I recall).  The bass and low tenor need only about 15% overpull and = the upper treble needs about 30-35%, tapering off at the very top.  So = when using the overpull function on the SAT III, let the lights rotate left = slightly at the lower end of the piano, stop them in the middle, and let them = rotate slightly right at the upper end.  You will end up much closer to = your goal.  Tune unisons as you go.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT = size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>David Love</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">I am currently a Randy Potter student with some = questions about pitch <BR>raising.  When I measure the pitch of A4 with my SAT = III, how low (in <BR>cents) should it be for me to need to perform a pitch = raise?  Also, when <BR>performing a pitch raise, is it better to raise = only the single strings <BR>all the way up, or should I raise all of the = strings of each note as I <BR>go? <BR><BR>Thanks, <BR><BR>Don Palmire <BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=3 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY><= /HTML>