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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dave,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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 worth the extra money.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It still needed calibration when I got it.
I downloaded Tunelab to my desktop, and calibrated the PC’s oscillator to
the National atomic clock in </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Denver</span></font><font
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color:navy'>. Tunelab has the 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 been in a hot car, the fork will still be at a reasonable
pitch. In the cold whether, it’s easy to raise the temperature, but not
as easy to lower it. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Of course every fork changes with
temperature, but this one changes much less than the small blued 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></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Jerry Cohen, RPT</span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>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 less
with temperature?</span></font></p>
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