----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Rogers" <jimlr@earthlink.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 6:14 PM Subject: Setting Pitch > I am curious as to what method piano Techs are using to set the pitch of a > piano. Tuning forks or electronic devises. I tune by ear and set an equal > temperament with a tuning fork most of the time. Sometimes I find it easy to > set the pitch with quartz tuner. Your thoughts. > > Jim Rogers > Either way. For those using ETD's, the "fork" is built in. For those tuning aurally, they set their first note either with a fork or or an "electronic fork." If you want to be dead-on accurate for concert or recording situations, then use the electronic tuner (make sure it's calibrated). For most home situations, the fork is fine -- it's gonna go sharp in the summer and flat in the winter anyhow. P.S. You can START the equal temperament (your first note) with a fork, but the rest of the temperament is set by listening to beats and intervals. Unless you use twelve forks. --David Nereson, RPT
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