Cents: was help with bad tuning...

[David Ilvedson]

I don't know about you, but I pitch raise anything over 5 cents low.    2 passes with an extra charge for extra time and EFFORT.

David I.



----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:14:44 +0100
Subject: Cents: was help with bad tuning...

>Tho I am confused about many things I am not confused about the following.

>Standard music terminology tells us that a half step is equivalant to a 
>semitone, which of course means that there are 12 (not 13) half steps to an 
>octave. A whole step is a whole tone of which there are 8 in an octave. 
>There is only 1200 cents in an octave, not 1300... Don.. you suprise me ! :)

>Now... whether or not anything over 25 % of a half step is under or above 
>what can be considered low enough to constitute a pitch raise.... is another 
>matter entirely :)

>anun
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