[CAUT] pitchlock

[Greg Newell]

Ron,
         How does one tune a coupled pair of strings? As I understand the 
principal they are coupled to sound as one string. How then, are they 
separated to be tuned?

Greg Newell


At 02:39 PM 3/30/2005, you wrote:
>greg asked:
>Ron,
>         Are you saying that you tune the piano with the couplers already
>installed? You don't need to remove them and then re-install after a tuning?
>
>
>
>Yes, that is correct.  The installation is a one-time event.  Because of 
>the coupling of the two strings, the tuning shifts, so you need to re-tune 
>after installation.  The major difference (for me) is that you need to 
>tune from right string to left, and adjust for a single coupled string 
>sounding higher than when the coupled double strings sound together.  In 
>situations where the pitch hasn't drifted a whole lot, many times you can 
>get away with tuning unisons - bringing the left string back into tune 
>with the coupled pair.
>
>Ron Koval
>Concordia U
>Curie Performing Arts Center
>
>
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Greg Newell
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