[pianotech] Aural tuning question

[wimblees at aol.com]

Duaine


Before I got my SAT, for a major pitch raise, like describe. I would tune the piano according the circle of fifths. If you don't know what a fifth sounds like, then you?have no business being a piano tuner. 


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Mililani, Oahu, HI
808-349-2943
Author of: 
The Business of Piano Tuning
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-----Original Message-----
From: Duaine & Laura Hechler <dahechler at att.net>
To: dave at davispiano.com; pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 7:17 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Aural tuning question



Dave Davis wrote:
> I pick a song, like "twinkle twinkle little star". Set A4, then the octave 
below, then up a 5th, etc. You can pick different songs to get you in the 
ballpark. 
Plus assuming you have no sense of what a 5th sounds like - how do you
go - up - a 5th ?


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