Has anyone tried TuneLab Pocket that runs on the Compaq iPaq hand held PC? If so, is it pretty stable? I heart the pocket RCT wasn't available yet. Also where might someone find a package like the one Mr. Newell spoke of? >I've seen laptop / TuneLab97 packages sold for as little as a > couple hundred bucks. Thanks, Bobby Sims sims-n-sons@ev1.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:35 PM Subject: Re: TlabPro tuning > Thanks for posting this method Jim. Perhaps I'll play with it a little > and post one of my own someday. Tuning is such an individual endeavor as > we all have our own tastes to satisfy. Happy tuning! > > Greg > > "Jim Coleman, Sr." wrote: > > > Here is the way I tuned my piano today. I thought some who own > > TunelabPro might be interested in it. It gives results very much > > like I like to tune aurally. > > > > TlabPro procedure 11-30-01 > > > > After measuring inharmonicity on 6C's, go into the "T" curve > > adjusting mode by pressing the letter "T". Set Bass for 6-3 matching > > with the drop down menu. Set the Treble for 3:2 matching with the > > treble dropdown menu. > > > > Use the 4-arrow adjusting method and press the up or down arrows to > > make the lower deviation curve a relatively straight line in the > > Bass and > > more or less the same for the treble side of the curve. There may > > be a > > slight deviation from the straight line in the high treble but you > > can ignore > > that for the moment. Of course, the Tuning curve in the upper half > > of the > > "T" curve display will sweep upward in a typical exponential > > curve which > > is a little like the flare of a trumpet bell. > > > > Press ESC to get back to the Tuning mode display and tune downward > > from A4 to the Tenor break. This will give you pure 5ths and will > > graduate > > into the 6-3 octave mode as you approach the Bass. Test all aural > > intervals available to make sure there were no lapses in your eye > > judgments. If you notice any variations from smooth beat rate > > progressions, recheck the display of all the notes involved. > > > > Next touch the "T" to readjust the Tuning curve. Change the Treble > > side > > to 4-2 matching. Now looking at the lower deviation curve, utilize > > the 4 > > arrow mode to adjust the curve in a relatively straight line. The > > software > > will keep the note C8 on the zero line. If the curve has a slight > > upward > > curve just to the left of the C8, but the rest of the line is > > fairly straight, this > > will give a good tuning at least up to C6. Press ESC and tune from > > A4 > > up to C6. Take note of the value of the C6 tuning. > > > > When you get to C6 press "T" to get back into the curve adjustment > > area. > > Change the Treble side to 8-1 matching. With the up or down arrow > > in the > > treble section adjust the deviation curve to a more or less > > straight line > > again and check the value for the C6 block in the upper tuning curve. > > Adjust the arrows until the value is the same as was noted previously. > > This should give you a relatively straight line again in the lower > > display > > with perhaps a slight variation within the top octave. A simple > > way of > > doing this is to place the cursor on the block representing the C6 > > on the > > Tuning curve and then using the "I" and "K" keys in place of the > > arrows to > > make the adjustments until the C6 value is the same as before. Press > > the ESC key to get back to the tuning display. > > > > This type of tuning in the treble will give a balance between > > double octave > > tuning, pure octave 5ths, double octave 5ths and triple octaves. > > This will > > result in top single octaves with beats of 4 or 5 per second, but > > will make > > the high treble sound more "in tune" melodically. > > > > Tuning down into the Bass using 6-3 octave matching works well for > > most all pianos. By the time you get down to C2 it might be well > > to have a > > little more stretch for medium or larger pianos. Note the tuning > > value of C2, > > then press "T" to get into the curve adjustment display. Change to 8-2 > > double octave matching to get a little more stretch. Place the > > cursor on > > the note C2 in the upper tuning curve and use the "U" and "J" keys > > to > > adjust the lower deviation curve to make a more or less straight > > line in > > the Bass side of the curve so that in the value for C2 in the > > upper right > > corner of the screen you have a value very close to what you > > remembered > > from before the change from 6-3 tuning. This will make a smooth > > transition from 6-3 tuning to the 8-2 type tuning. > > > > If all this sounds too complicated, whoever said piano tuning was > > easy, > > that's why they pay us the big bucks. Actually "doing it" is much > > simpler > > than writing about it. Once one understands the principle, the > > doing is > > really quite easy for the experienced tuner. > > > > Jim Coleman, Sr. > > -- > Greg Newell > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > >
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