50% of a half-step - or 50 cents? Why not just use cents, like everyone else? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Grebe" <pianoman@accessus.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 5:07 PM Subject: Re: Help with "bad" tuning...need help > OK, what if we say 50% down to the next adjacent note. > James Grebe > Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair > Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups > (314) 608-4137 > WWW.JamesGrebe.com > 1526 Raspberry Lane > Arnold, MO 63010 > BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! > pianoman@accessus.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 1:09 PM > Subject: Re: Help with "bad" tuning...need help > > > > Terry wrote: > > > >>That is why it is meaningless without units. 50% of a semitone, or 50% of > >>a > >>tone? > >> > >>Terry Farrell > >> > >> > > Ok... I am confused again... Do you mean 25 % of a whole tone.... or half > > a tone ? And if the latter... do you mean volume wise or perhaps this is > > some new way of describing the octave below... but wait... 50% of 1200 > > cents is 600 cents... which would be a diminished quark or something....Oh > > I give up ! > > > > anun > > > >> > >>>Grin... and I thought I was confused..... > >>> > >>>1/2 step is a semitone.... yes ?? > >>> > >>>anun > >>> > >>>James Grebe wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>1/2 step is 50% or cents > >>>>1 step low is 100% or cents. > >>>>James Grebe > >>>>Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>David Ilvedson wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>25% of a 1/2 step... > >>>>>> > >>>>>>David I. > >>>>>> > >>>>>now I am REALLLY confused... does this mean 12.5 % low ? or 50 % ? > >>>>> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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