Tuning forks

[Richard Brekne]

Thanks Bill, for putting this in a more reasonable perspective. I see no
point in
creating a lot of anxiety amoungst prospective examinees over this
point. Poor
kid in Canada talking about spending 300 dollars for an electronice
tuning fork,
just so he can be assured of an accurate enough source to set pitch at.
Never
mind if he can tune or not, just make sure that pitch source is
accurate. <grin>

Richard Brekne
I.C.P.T.G.  N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway

Billbrpt@AOL.COM wrote:

> II never used anything other than a $3.00 tuning fork that you can buy at the
> counter of any music store.  Anytime I either took the exam or did a trial
> run of the procedure for practice, I always scored within tolerance at 100%.
> Just yesterday, coincidentally, a customer questioned the accuracy of my SAT.
>  He thought that it should match a tuning fork.

> If your pitch score is at passing level, you will proceed with the Exam.
> Regardless of whatever small discrepancy there is between your pitch and the
> "Master" Tuning, (I like Kent Swaffords idea of renaming this a "Reference"
> Tuning), your exam results are automatically shifted to match the pitch.  So,
> even if, for example you barely passed the pitch phase at 80 but you tuned a
> perfect Temperament and Midrange, your scores will reflect that.  Your pitch
> score only matters in that column alone and has no effect whatsoever on the
> rest of your Exam.
>
> Have courage,
>
> Bill Bremmer RPT
> Madison, Wisconsin