Yamaha digital tuning scope -Reply

S. Brady sbrady@u.washington.edu
Thu, 07 Dec 1995 12:58:13 -0800 (PST)


On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Newton Hunt wrote:

> Dean Rayburn has such an arrangement.  Using a Macbook to measure inharmonicity
> it then calculates a tuning for that piano and sends it to a SAT.  Neat, but
> you need a Mac, not MS-DOS.

      I believe Steve Fairchild (Sr.) in New York has developed a
similar program for PCs. He calls it an "emulator," and he recently
mailed me a copy which I haven't had a chance to try out yet. I may
feature it in a future Journal if it seems worthwhile.


Steve Brady, RPT        "The most expert and rapid tuners are...
University of Washington       possessed of a highly excitable,
sbrady@u.washington.edu        nervous, and emotional temperament,
                         verging on the border of insanity at times."
                              -Daniel Spillane, The Tuner's Guide




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