Verituner Update

Robert Wagner pianotecwebmaster@yahoo.com
Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:49:32 -0800 (PST)


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--- "John M. Formsma" <jformsma@dixie-net.com> wrote:
> 
> Dave Carpenter wrote:
> 
> <<There are a multitude of other note sequences that
> could be used that may
> give the tuning calculator a better idea of the
> inharmonicity earlier on in
> the tuning process. One easy example might be: A4,
> A3, A3-up, A3-down. Of
> course the extreme case is to tune the piano twice.
> Many tuners regularly do
> this anyway. In this case, the entire inharmonicity
> picture is known before
> you start, for every note, and an incredibly smooth
> tuning can be
> calculated. Since the Verituner can save these
> measurements for later use,
> you can recall these measurements on repeat tunings
> and get a similar
> effect.>>
> 
> Based upon what you have written above, and in your
> earlier post, I assume
> that one could get a quite good tuning by
> measuring/tuning all the A's, the
> notes around the bass break, and/or the high
> inharmonicity strings in small
> scale pianos (such as the Acrosonic where the plain
> wire strings start).
> Measuring the inharmonicity of these would give more
> information for
> calculations. Correct?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John Formsma
> Blue Mountain, MS
> 
> mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com
> 


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