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<DIV><SPAN class=250043403-13062002><FONT face=Arial size=2>This =
is a little off
the original topic, but it pertains to Astin-Weight pianos. I tuned one =
of the
uprights (I think they called it a "Concert Grand Upright"--something =
like
that.) just recently, and it was the first one I had tuned
aurally.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=250043403-13062002><FONT face=Arial size=2>It =
seemed to have
some weird scaling or something different going on with the partials. I =
could
get the octaves sounding fine, but the double octaves and octave-fifths =
sounded
"off" when single octaves were clearly in tune. After futzing with the =
octave
widths, it became evident that the best thing to do was simply focus on =
the
octaves and not worry about the rest. This I did.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=250043403-13062002><FONT face=Arial size=2>There =
was a lot of
falseness throughout--not enough to cause major troubles--but it was as =
if the
extra "noise" was there by design. Almost like it was designed that way, =
a
different tone than any other piano I've encountered =
before.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=250043403-13062002><FONT face=Arial =
size=2>Regretfully, I did
not have enough time to examine the piano as I wanted. I did notice =
there were
no back posts, and the bridges were quite tall with holes bored through =
in
various places.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=250043403-13062002><FONT face=Arial size=2>The =
overall sound
was interesting, like the designers went for the biggest sound possible, =
even if
it meant adding extra sound via falseness. You could tell the various =
notes were
in tune, but there was extra "stuff" going =
on also.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=250043403-13062002><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd =
enjoy hearing
the perspectives of others who have serviced the large Astin-Weight
uprights.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=250043403-13062002><FONT face=Arial size=2>John =
M.
Formsma<BR>Blue Mountain, MS </FONT></DIV></SPAN>
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