Fork accuracy - was - OT-Road Service - not really OT...

Ron Nossaman rnossaman@cox.net
Wed, 03 Nov 2004 08:43:01 -0600


>According to my laptop based RCT (which WAS inside last night),  the fork 
>was 441.4Hz. After warming up in my trouser pocket for a few minutes to 
>above ambient temp., it was at 439.9.
>
>Let's hear it for electronics which are not so affected.  My memory is 
>fading in my old age, but how do those who are strictly aural and solely 
>mechanical pitch source oriented deal with temperature fluctuations?
>
>Conrad Hoffsommer

As inevitable. With the fork at about room temperature, give or take, the 
pitch will be what the pitch will be. The fork is already more accurate 
over a broader temperature range than the piano will be once it's tuned to 
the fork or any other device. Having a measuring device that generates more 
decimal places most likely won't change that.

Ron N


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