Help with "bad" tuning...need help

[Terry]

As I mentioned on one of my posts, I also use "percent of a half-step" when
describing pitch to a client. You are correct that the piano-technically
uneducated seem to understand that better. But on this list, where I think
most of us are reasonably well educated piano-wise, I should think it
appropriate to use proper terminology - or, as you may have noticed on that
long thread, there can be quite a bit of confusion regarding exactly what is
being described. Again, think: NASA + Mars probe + indiscriminate use of
units = BOOM!

Terry Farrell
Units Police?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew & Rebeca Anderson" <anrebe@zianet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: Help with "bad" tuning...need help


> Why not,
> Because you then have to explain what cents are and then explain that
hertz
> and cents aren't equal...and on & on, when everyone seems to readily
> understand, "It's an average of 132% flat ma'm." (132 cents or 32 cents
> flat of the next key down) ;-)
>
> Andrew A.
>
> At 06:00 PM 12/15/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >50% of a half-step - or 50 cents? Why not just use cents, like everyone
> >else?
> >
> >Terry Farrell