RE: Tuning Drift and The Aural Tuner (Ya get my drift???) Joking aside, when I'm done a piano that I suspect may have drifted (for what- ever reasons), I quickly reference middle C to my fork and reference all other C's to it, using appropriate checks to assure accuracy.This in and of itself gives a quick check as to how the different sections of the piano may have drifted, one to the other, and takes all of maybe 15 seconds. If I want to be more thorough, I'll take another 30 seconds or so and play contiguous thirds in the C below middle C to middle C octave and then compare the speeds of those thirds to tenths and seventeenths constructed from notes of those thirds with notes out of the octave. This gives me even more information about drift in the tuning. At that point, depending on the nature of the use of the piano, I'll retune and compensate for the drift, clean it up and leave it where it is, schedule time for another tuning, etc. Aside from piano talk, hope everybody had a nice Thanksgiving. The network has been a real success story as far as I'm concerned. Participation and quality of responses has far exceeded my expectations. Let's (collectively) keep up the good work. Aurally Yours, Ken Sloane, Oberlin Conservatory PS I think I have resisted buying an AccuTuner because I basically am very traditional in my approach to my profession and I'm basically very cheap.
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