Pitch Floating

[Greg Newell]

Kent,

    It needn't be an advert for Cybertuner because you can do the same thing
on TuneLab!
                        Greg Newell

Kent Swafford wrote:

> Avery Todd wrote:
>
> >How does one determine which note to use
> >as the pitch standard if one wants to let it float?
>
> My reply is going to sound like an ad for CyberTuner. When I get to a
> piano that I tune regularly I use the pitch raise mode to accurately
> measure the pitch level of the instrument. In pitch raise mode RCT
> automatically measures the pitch level and stores the data of each note.
> I start at A0 and play the note long enough for RCT to do the
> measurement, then hit octave up and measure all the A's of the piano,
> then do the same for all the C's. Then I go through slowly and look at
> the measurements and determine the average pitch level. I am convinced
> that this procedure has increased the stability of my tunings, because I
> am _tuning_ pianos and not fighting with them over pitch level. This is
> especially valuable with D's, who generally do not appreciated having
> their pitch changed. If I really must change the pitch level of a D, I do
> the correction pass, and then may measure to see at what pitch level the
> piano really landed and tune it there. Saves some grief, and yields good
> stability.
>
> Kent Swafford