< blend their pipes > failry pleasantly at A=446. Do you mean tuning your nominal G to the F you get on an equal temperament tuner if you set it to A = 446? Or do you mean tuning the nominal B to 446?
These two possibilities would yield different results. (a higher nominal G in the second case). <This is 8 Hz sharper than the chanter in question If you mean the first possibility, the nominal bottom G on this chanter would be somewhere around concert pitch (maybe it was intended to be. Do we know the maker, or what the customer requested. > especially as the chanter has a top B which is already 25 >cents flat. > I'd be interested to see the results of the cotton bud >plunger trials > before changing anything to do with the set up. I'm sure you're correct, but it sounds as though the top B definitely needs attention. C To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html