Tuning forks

[Richard Moody]

Jim Coleman wrote.... "use your A440 fork to tune Bb4"

And after the piano has settled lower one string of the 415.3 unison  .3
beats per second, or 3 beats every ten seconds or 1/3 the beat rate of
D4--A4 5th (theoretical).




----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Coleman, Sr. <pianotoo@imap2.asu.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 4:00 PM
Subject: Tuning forks


| To whoever it was that asked about a G# tuning fork:
|
| It is a very simple matter to use an A440 fork and set a piano  one
| half step lower.
|
| Place a masking tape strip on the fallboard above the sharps and mark
| the order of your temperament procedure. Like step 1 over A4, step
| 2 over A3 etc.  Then move the masking tape 1/2 step to the right.
| You can now use your A440 fork to tune Bb4 as your step #1. Then
| tune Bb3 as your step #2, etc. Continue on until the temperament
| is finished. Your normal beat rates will be the same as usual.
|
| Neat huh?
|
| If you are good at transposing, you won't even need the masking tape.
|
| Jim Coleman, Sr.
|