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

[James Grebe]

When I leave the bill and it says,
Tuned piano A-440, it better be there unless I, and they, agree 
differently>.
Jim
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Nereson" <davner@kaosol.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: Fork accuracy - was - OT-Road Service - not really OT...


> >>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
>
>    Except for that one concert tuning out of 1000 other tunings in homes, 
> schools, and churches, it just doesn't matter.  If the piano's a bit flat 
> or sharp of 440, but basically in tune with itself, I leave it that way, 
> rather than raise or lower pitch and make it more unstable.  Now, I said 
> "a bit,", meaning 2,3,4 beats, maybe.  I didn't say 20 cents or a 
> quarter-step off. In most places, who's gonna come check to see if it's 
> exactly on 440?  Even if it's as much as 3 bps off from the church organ, 
> I'll leave it where it is in most cases because when they turn on the heat 
> or the lights or the air conditioning, or when summer rains or winter 
> heating season comes along, it's gonna change anyway.  We're not 
> calibrating the international atomic clock (or whatever) here, just making 
> pianos sound decent most of the time for most players, only one out of 
> probably more like 10,000 of whom is a concert artist that demands exactly 
> A=440 on every piano all the time everywhere.
>    If my fork is 441 or 439, so what?  If they want it right on, they'll 
> tell me, and I'll charge to do the pitch raise or lower, if required.
>
>    --David Nereson, RPT
>
>
>
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