<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: new formula, part two</title></head><body> <div>Wim,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Once the "madness" is over here, I am going to try and work this out</div> <div>for my situation. I'm curious, anyway.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">My numbers are:<br> Number of tunings in a year: 1103.<br> Total "setting" number: 122.5<br> Total: 135117.5<br> Divided by 75 (number of pianos and harpsichords) = 2814.9479</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Divided by 48 (weeks per year I work) = 37.532639</font></blockquote> <div><font face="Arial" size="-1"><br></font></div> <div>I do have one question. Do you really think harpsichords should be</div> <div>included in this? It seems as though the amount of tunings they require, compared to a piano, would mess up the numbers. If they are used</div> <div>regularly, they should probably be tuned weekly. Daily when being used</div> <div>in performance. And that depends on the repertoire. It varies so much.</div> <div>At least in my situation.</div> <div><br></div> <div>The faculty member here can do some of his own tuning, depending on what</div> <div>temperament he wants. If it's ET (rarely), Prinz, Werckmeister, a</div> <div>Meantone, I have to do those. He does a pretty good Young and can touch</div> <div>up a tuning when needed.</div> <div><br></div> <div>I'm probably not explaining this very well but maybe you'll understand</div> <div>what I'm getting at. Thanks.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Avery</div> </body> </html>