There are better methods to use that make using TuneLab much simpler. I could type it all out but I learned from asking Bob Scott and perhaps he is the best person to talk with about how to use his program, eh? FWIW There is not a whole lot of correction necessary if your using the program correctly. Greg Stephen Airy wrote: > Ok, so I'm tuning my piano... (have done temperament > and octaves to bass, using mute strip in center > section and partway into the bass, and mutes the rest > of the way). I go up almost an octave in the high > treble section tuning by octaves, then when I get to > the break, ok, time to start tuning those unisons. I > get almost finished with that octave when I decide it > would be easier to stick a strip in up there. Being > the lazy guy that I am at this moment, I stick the > strip in using the back wire handle on my mute, > without pulling the action. (Pulling the action makes > the job a world (/me doesn't like to say "hell") of a > lot easier.) Strip inserted, resume tuning. Get to > F5/F6 octave. Hmm.. F5 is only sustaining for about > 2 seconds at best... Ahh I see. Strip is pushed > against center string. Use fingernails to extract > piece of strip from center string, doesn't work, makes > problem worse, now F5 is staccato. Ok, now use handle > of mute (below the strip on right side of the note) to > keep strip from being pushed down the string / damper > and out of reach. This doesn't work either. I go to > pull the mute, and -- HUH? Why won't the mute come > out? > > Turns out I had actually managed to maneuver the > handle of the mute in such a way that I now had the 3 > strings for that note passing THROUGH the handle of > the mute! :) After trying to remove the mute with the > strings at full tension, I ended up loosening each > string a quarter turn, and this enabled me to extract > the mute. :) > > /me generated 1 minute tones using TuneLab97 (without > having it listen to the piano - just set it up for > pitch A-440, using the 12th-root-of-2 calculations to > generate tones), recorded into wave editor, cut a CD > (consisting of A-440, followed by F3 to F4 > chromatically, one minute each tone. I then tuned the > piano to that. > Ok, so it may be better than the Korg, but you guys > have any suggestions without breaking the bank on a > SAT? If I could fine on new in an unopened box for > $0.01 on E-bay I might consider it, but my budget is > pretty tight. :) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. > http://shopping.yahoo.com -- Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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