A440 tolerances

[Farrell]

Thank you William. You are correct. Your answer was better than mine!

Terry Farrell


> Don,
>
> I don't think Terry is listing his tolerance.  I think the implication is
> that unless you start to specify accuracy to the tenth of a Herz, some
> nitpicky person (customer, or another tech <G>) who says, "You said it is
at
> 440, and it's at 439.63!!", has no grounds to complain, based on an
> assertion of "Tuned at A440" which, technically, means tuned between
A439.5
> and A440.5.
>
> My 0.5Hz
> William R. Monroe
> Madison, WI
> Assoc.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 10:06 AM
> Subject: Re: A440 tolerances
>
>
> > Hi Duane and Terry,
> >
> > Nice definition Terry. So your tolerance then is + or - 2 cents. There
are
> > many technicians who feel that 2 cents is the "outside" limit for pitch
> > correction on a concert tuning. I am not speaking of what is
"acceptable"
> > to the public--I am talking about what is acceptable to our "golden
ears".
> > Personally I want my pitch corrections to be within 1 cent of A440, or
> less.
> >