tuning methods and standards

[Ron Nossaman]

>Here's yet another tune-off.  Let's imagine four of us, picked at
>random, each tuning a piano and then measuring each note.  If three turn
>out to be in very close agreement with each other and the forth is off
>in left field, the left fielder has not correctly solved the puzzle.  
>
>Carl


That's round one. Here's round two. Have the remaining three tuners tune
identical pianos with the serial numbers covered, then move the pianos to
different rooms. A couple of hours later, you send each tuner in to critique
what he/she *thinks* is one of the other's tunings. Heh heh. 

 Ron