Help with "bad" tuning...need help

[Terry]

I do the same thing. But here, you have defined your units - the interval
between A and G# - or a half-step. I see many folks simply stating that the
note is 75% flat - that makes no sense.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William R. Monroe" <A440WRMPiano@tm.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: Help with "bad" tuning...need help


> In James defense,  I sometimes use % as well with my clients.  It is often
> simpler for them to get a grip on how far out of tune a piano is with
> percentages rather than "cents".  You know, they get all wigged out with
> these fancy technical terms.  For whatever reason, I have more success
> explaining to my clients that A is 75% of the way to G#.  However, with
> other technicians, I see every reason to stick with cents, as at least we
> all know what we're referring to - even if we don't understand how to
derive
> the value :-).
>
> William R. Monroe
> Madison, WI
> Assoc.
>
> ---- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 6:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Help with "bad" tuning...need help
>
>
> > Hi James,
> >
> > Why not just use cents? It would be simpler.
> >
> > At 04:07 PM 15/12/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> > >OK, what if we say 50% down to the next adjacent note.
> > >James Grebe
> >
> > Regards,
> > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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