Terry... I wrote: > Actually, 415 Hz would be a G#, which would be 100 cents flat (if it were > supposed to be an A). er.... Of course that's what you said... <shrug> But the point still stands that a 1 cent interval would be 8 Hz at the next octave, and so forth. Peace, Sarah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Fox" <sarah@graphic-fusion.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 2:09 PM Subject: Re: Help with "bad" tuning...need help > Hi Terry, > >> another way to look at it is "cycles". Each cycle is comprised of 4 >> cents. So, 100 cents flat, or 1/2 step flat is 25 cycles flat, or A 415. > > Actually, 415 Hz would be a G#, which would be 100 cents flat (if it were > supposed to be an A). > > The correspondence between cents and Hertz (cycles per second) isn't > constant. For higher pitches, each step, half step, and cent increases in > number of Hertz. > > (Piano Tuning 101. Reblitz.) > > Peace, > Sarah > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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