[pianotech] Possible adaptation for the Tuning Exam

[Duaine Hechler]

Yes, I will do this experiment when I get time. Right now I'm swamped with player work.

Also, I will need to check the pitch pipe because it is pretty old, like 25 years, and I'm sure it was in tune when I 
first got it.

Duaine

On 11/10/2012 08:25 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:
> Duaine.
> Instead of us answer the question, "can a pitch pipe be used to set a temperament?", why don't you figure this out 
> your self. You use a RCT, which is a very good ETD. Program the RCT as if you were going to tune the whole piano. 
> Then take a pitch pipe and tune the temperament octave, matching the piano as close as you can with the pitch pipe. 
> Then check the temperament octave with what the RCT says. No cheating. If the RCT is not dead on with each string you 
> tuned, then you've not tune the temperament correctly.
> Duaine, many of us have a lot more experience tuning pianos, and have been doing it far longer than most of us care to 
> admit. Don't you think that after 40, 50 ,or even 60 years, the collective us have tried almost every means possible 
> to tune a piano, and have found that the best way is still tuning the piano using the senses God gave us. There is 
> nothing wrong with using a ETD, but in the final analysis, it's our ability to hear to music of the piano that 
> produces the best results. I don't understand why you won't accept that.
> Wim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net>
> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Sat, Nov 10, 2012 4:07 pm
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Possible adaptation for the Tuning Exam
>
> A pitch pipe can be tuned with an ETD. Also, the pitch pipe is an octave, so
> that would cover a temperament.
>
> OK, so if the pitch pipe is not accurate enough, then how about pitch forks for
> setting the temperament ?
>
> Duaine
>
> On 11/10/2012 07:14 PM, John Ross wrote:
> > How about a pitch pipe isn't accurate enough.
> > What is wrong with you using a tuning fork?
> > You are just talking about one note, right? The C or the A.
> > Setting a temperament, is more than one note.
> > Or, am I misunderstanding, your understanding, of what a temperament is?
> > John Ross
> > Windsor, Nova Scotia
> > On 2012-11-10, at 8:00 PM, Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net  <mailto:dahechler at att.net>  
> <mailto:dahechler at att.net  <mailto:dahechler at att.net?>>> wrote:
> >
> >> Why can't several of you stop bashing me and stick to the frickin' subject at
> hand.
> >>
> >> Or maybe, just maybe, you did not understand the subject so here it is again.
> >>
> >> Why can't a pitchpipe be used to set the temperament ?
> >>
> >> So let's try and stick to the subject, please ?
> >>
> >> Duaine
> >>
> >> On 11/10/2012 05:15 PM, paul bruesch wrote:
> >>> And it has always, without fail, fallen on "deaf ears"... so quit responding
> to this drivel and move on. Maybe, just
> >>> maybe, if no one ever responds it'll quit coming.
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Jason Kanter <jkanter at rollingball.com  <mailto:jkanter at rollingball.com>  
> <mailto:jkanter at rollingball.com  <mailto:jkanter at rollingball.com?>>
> >>> <mailto:jkanter at rollingball.com  <mailto:jkanter at rollingball.com?>>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>    I know many of us have tried to tell you this many times over the years,
> but this is in fact the bottom line.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Duaine Hechler
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> >>
> >
> >
>
>
> -- 
> Duaine Hechler
> Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
> (314) 838-5587 /dahechler at att.net  <mailto:dahechler at att.net>  /www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com  <http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com>
> Home & Business user of Linux - 12 years
>


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Duaine Hechler
Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
(314) 838-5587 / dahechler at att.net / www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com
Home & Business user of Linux - 12 years