<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SAT and K&C</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Dave!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This may blow all of your North Bennet = Street School and PTG fuses ...!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you can't make it, fake = it!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for those improbable negative = readings that come up from time to time -- I just toss them.  Something's = confused, be this the SAT, myself, or perhaps even the piano, but I don't see it as = something to get obsessed over.  I just make sure I do the readings on page 0 = of the SAT, after checking to make sure the SAT is calibrated and its "stealth = memory" has its default setting at 0.0.  (The "stealth memory" is a setting = I have inadvertently set at one time or another to some other value, and have = always had to comb through the owners manual to find out how to reset it to 0.0.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seriously -- the model of piano = you are referring to is hardly known for stellar performance capabilities, being = the piano of choice for a] someone who is on a severely tight budget, and/or = b] someone who is just starting out and has yet to give much thought on how = a piano should sound.  The scale design is such that a "mathematically = correct" tuning as calculated by the SAT would sound terrible.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A SAT tuning that works well as a = starting point for this model is the "prefabricated" tuning (available from = Inventronics) for the Yamaha GH1, followed by a little aural tweaking of the upper = bass/lower tenor sections.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I confess -- I have very little = patience for these K&Cs.  So far, I've had good luck pleasing the customers using = this method.  The piano sounds decent, their tuning budget is still = intact ....  Don't forget, they are the ones who have to live with the = piano, even if we have trouble living with ourselves after servicing one of these.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Z! Reinhardt  RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>NBSS '89<BR>Ann Arbor  MI<BR><A href="mailto:diskladame@provide.net">diskladame@provide.net</A></FONT><= /DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=algiers_piano@bellsouth.net href="mailto:algiers_piano@bellsouth.net">Dave Doremus</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 29, 2002 = 12:11 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> SAT and K&C</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=-1>I tunes a brand new Kohler and Campbell KIG-47 = today. Aside from all the damper problems I was struck by one thing. When doing the = FAC on my SAT III (too many initials I know), the F reading came out -2.2 = cents. I was expecting maybe +18. First time I've seen a negative reading. I = did the pitch raise (25 c) with that calculated tuning and then did a pickier = pass by ear and it came out fine. But I was curious if anyone else gets = negative inharmonicity readings on cheap pianos and what it might mean.....</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>