Tuning exam question(s)

[Jerry Hunt]

I think Jim answers correctly: you don't "measure" inharmonicity per se. You
compensate for it. I.e. (for those of us who tune using primarily thirds) having
set your A3-A4 octave, once you set the contiguous thirds F3-A3, A3-C#4, F4-A4
such that there is a 4:5 ratio of beat rates from one interval to the next,
regardless of the actual beat rates of each octave (which will, of course vary
from one piano to the next, albeit very small differences), you have compensated
for the inharmonicity of that piano.

Do I pass the tuning exam?

JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 2/23/99 5:08:12 PM, you wrote:
>
> <<Carl said:
>
> > > "Describe how your tuning procedures measure the effects of
> > > inharmonicity on the beat rates of your temperament sequence.">>
>
> Carl;
>  I have been thinking about this and the only answer I can come up with is
> that my aural tuning procedures do not "measure" per se, inharmonicity. Since
> the main thing I am interested in is a smooth, even, progression from partial
> to partial, note to note, octave to octave, etc., inharmonicity is
> automatically accounted for without being measured directly...isn't it?
>   When using the SAT in the shop I just don't worry about it :-)
> Jim Bryant (FL)
> "compromise is the best solution when there is no solution"
> Faintly Dull



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Jerry Hunt
Dallas, TX USA