Hi Don, You mentioned b1, how can b1 and a4 be played together and work in harmony with one another. f and a I can see becaue they make a third, but a and b together are like playing c and c# together aren't they? Marshall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com> To: <ed440@mindspring.com>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 6:07 PM Subject: Re: electronic pitch source > Hi Ed, > Even Sanderson recommends that one tune the accu fork just before taking > the > tuning exam. > The batterys can cost you some points. As they fade in power the pitch > drops > slightly. > One needs to calabrate with the tone wth a more reliable source like SAT, > Veritune, Tune Lab or Cybertuner. > Joe Goss RPT > Mother Goose Tools > imatunr@srvinet.com > www.mothergoosetools.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ed440@mindspring.com> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 3:39 PM > Subject: Re: electronic pitch source > > >> Marshall- >> >> My Walker blue fork is calibrated to armpit temperature, and is accurate > to within plus or minus 0.3cents of 440hz, since I must remove it from my > armpit briefly to use it. I have not been able to get this close a result > with the nickel plated fork, but perhaps I've been impatient with armpit > warming time on the larger fork. >> >> You need not worry about this if you're getting the Acufork. >> >> I hope you're using the F2 test note method. It should be very accurate > with the Acufork, as you can have a long period of time to count > comparison > beats. >> >> Ed >> >> >> > >> >Hi Ed, >> >Sorry for the delay in responding. I spend a couple of hours > telemarketing >> >my tuning services. I figure, by the time I land some jobs tuning, I'll >> >have been practicing at the same time, and have more experience under my >> >belt. >> > >> >The fork I have is the blue walker fork, blued steel I think it's >> >called. >> >They have nickel plated ones as well, but I don't konw anything about >> >the >> >properties of these forks. I like the idea of the acufork because I > don't >> >have to worry about striking the fork, listening, adjusting the pin, > fooling >> >with the mute etc. It would save me time,to just leave it on and adjsut > the >> >note to meet the right pitch. I might treat myself to one for an early > bday >> >present and make 41 a good year like 40 has been. >> >Marshall >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: <ed440@mindspring.com> >> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >> >Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 2:48 PM >> >Subject: electronic pitch source >> > >> > >> >> RicB wrote: Dean Reyburn used to offer >> >> an electronic pitch source that was quite inexpensive. Seiko I think, >> >> and they were not exactly on the nose... but within a 0.5 cent window > or >> >> something. >> >> >> >> Ric- >> >> The Seiko is fine for calibrating electronic devices, but not aural >> >> tuning. It has an extremely loud second partial and a very soft first >> >> partial. >> >> >> >> Marshall- >> >> For the time being, you might do better to carry your fork in your > pocket, >> >> and maybe get it calibrated to pocket temperature. (I'm assuming it's > a >> >> steel fork. Aluminum forks are too temperature sensitive.) >> >> >> >> The Sanderson tool gives four pitches, so it's not much more expensive >> >> than four top quality forks, not to mention the 50cents sliding scale. > I >> >> want one, too. >> >> >> >> Ed Sutton >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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