Pitch Raise Oddity

[Dick Beaton]

A comment....When I started tuning back in the 70s I had a SOT and often
found the top notes out of sight sharp.  I finally figured out that aural
tuners who tune by playing , for example, C7 then C8, C8 will be very sharp.
If you tune by listening to C7/C8 together C8 will not be as sharp.  The
thing  is that the aural tuner didn't realize that he was tuning C8 so sharp
and was probably told by his teacher to tune that way. I knew one fellow
who's teacher told him to "tune hell out of the high treble"!
Well, anyway thought you might be interested in another angle.
And by the way I just hate to break strings...drives me nuts!
Dick RPT MT

----- Original Message -----
From: Larry J. Messerly <prescottpiano@juno.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: Pitch Raise Oddity


> B-87 and C-88 were probably tuned 100 cents sharp at the last tuning.  By
> someone who could not hear those pitches.
>
> Larry Messerly, RPT
>