pRCT got ears again! was S.O.S. my pRCT has gone deaf!!!

[David Ilvedson]

I just finished a week with Yamaha America...there Concert Piano Technician Seminar.   Aural tuning is of course what they advised.   They demonstrated the temperment taught at the Yamaha Academy in Japan.   4ths & 5ths were a bit slower beating than standard equal temperment (what ever that is).   Strictly pure octaves, F3-A3 was about 6 to 6.5 beats per second...leaning towards 6.   They used an A440 fork to tune A3 (temperment starting point)  F3 -A3 = F3 - Fork.   I'm practicing the temperment but I'm using my Sat to get me in the ballpark before slight adjustments...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Alan Barnard" <tune4u at earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 5/3/2006 3:08:12 PM
Subject: RE: pRCT got ears again! was S.O.S. my pRCT has gone deaf!!!


>Scary.

>And yet another reason to learn and practice aural tuning skills, not just
>the RPT test stuff but the whole piano. This is my strong belief based on
>some actual unfortunate events -- like leaving the old iPaq at home an hour
>away.

>There are other darned good reasons, too.

>And this from a fellow machine user (Tunelab) ...

>Alan Barnard
>Salem, Missouri


>> [Original Message]
>> From: PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L. <patrick at pianospianissimo.com>
>> To: <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com>; Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Date: 05/03/2006 4:59:47 PM
>> Subject: pRCT got ears again! was S.O.S. my pRCT has gone deaf!!!
>>
>> Dean,
>>
>> Pressed the "reset" button on the pocket pc earlier. At first, when i
>> tried opening RCT a message appeared saying something like "please upgrade
>> on www.reybur.com" and didn't open, but when i tried later on it was fine
>> :)
>>