MA9 Peterson tips?

[Bearden Coleman]

Could someone walk me through how you personally use the MA9 tuning on the Peterson?

For example, when you tuning the strings for the A pedal are you also pushing down the B? Same for B and C?

How about with the levers?

I realized quickly after looking at the downloads that unlike the SE9 that pairs with the SP9, that the MA9 is just one set thing.

Thank you in advance.

[Mike Preuss]

With MA9 tuning I tune strings 8 & 4:
E-F raise with A pedal down
E-Eb lower with B pedal down
E open with A and B pedal down

Pedal changes on strings 10, 6, 5 & 3:
A & B both pedals down, no knees
B & C both pedals down, no knees

The open G#s tune pedals up, no knees

String 9 D-C# with A & B pedals down, no knees

That gets me pretty close. I check some chords and fine tune finish by ear.

I like string 7 to be slightly flatter than where the tuner tells me to tune it to.

To my ears MA9 is a little bit sweeter/just than the Peterson SP9.

[Bearden Coleman]

Thank you very much!