CTE-Master Tuning

[Avery Todd]

Don,

Thanks for the post. Thankfully, no one has failed. The only 'failure'
we've had was shortly after the Master was originally done.

I'll get with a couple of RPT's and go over it all again.

Avery

>I have heard that the accu tuner's memory tends to "drift" over time. This
>is one reason that midi downloads of the "data" files are a very good idea.
>
>In any event unless humidity, temperature and barometric pressure were
>*all* controlled the partial pressure of the wood will change as to true
>moisture content and therefore the impedance of the whole equation changes.
>The felt on the hammer also contributes to these changes and as no one has
>done studies without using hammers there is no clear way to see whether it
>is the soundboard changing or the felt in the hammers changing. I suspect
>that the bass tenor break would show the greatest changes, just as it does
>for most other factors affecting pitch.
>
>Bottom line is that "canned" tunings of any kind are only as good as the
>environment they were measured in. If conditions are identical they work
>and if they arn't they don't.
>
>I am not a CTE so I did not initially respond to your post. I do hope that
>no one has "failed" their tuning exam because of these factors. It is good
>that you took the time to note the changes.
>
>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
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