Tuning from scratch

[Don]

Hi Michelle,

I'd download Tunelab and use it to create pitches for the octave from A3 to
A4 then record them on a cassette machine--perhaps with one of the endless
loop tapes--don't forget to "name that note". Tune one note then extend
that "referrence" to all the octaves of the instrument.

Alternately

1. tune A4 to a fork
2. tune all the A's to A4 listening to the octaves.
3. tune E3 from A3
4. tune all the E's
5. tune D4 from A4
6. tune all the D's
etc.

At 02:02 PM 3/25/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi all.  Quick question from a new tuning student.  If you come across a
>piano that is totally out of whack (or a piano that you've restrung), and
>you don't have an electronic tuner (heaven forbid!), what's the quickest
>way to get the strings on pitch?  Being a music teacher, I can figure it
>out but it takes a really long time.  Any tricks of the
>trade?Thanks!Michelle Smith

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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