Pat, When I was learning to tune, my teacher, Bob Erlandson of WIT, used a C523.7 fork and that was the way I tuned. Years later I decided since pitch is always taken from A440 or the A4 key I should endeavor to tune from that frequency. That is the only reason I changed. If you can tune aurally with a C fork, the A fork won't be much different. You will have to change your pattern...Tom Cole mentioned a class with Bill Garlick, which I also took, where each victim, er...student, came up and tuned one note only. The next tuner used the notes already tuned before him to make his decision on the note he decided to tune. The patterns were not your typical variety and it didn't matter! If you know your aural checks there is no problem other than the change of habit. There are many temperments out their to try but if you decide to go to an A fork I suggest you go all out and use the two octave, contiguous 3rds temperment. This will set the beats of your 3rds to the piano you are tuning. I don't use a fork anymore (I do carry one...it helps the customer to hear how far off there piano is...I can then demonstrate the ETD and give them a visual of the pitch difference if any). I rely on my SAT III to get me very close and then use mainly single octave/double octaves and even progression of fast beating intervals as my aural checks. IMHO the tuning fork as a reference is nearly archaic but not the ear...FLAMESUIT ON... David I. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 3/4/01 at 8:20 PM Patrick Greene wrote: >I still use the C temp. I always wondered what you called the method I >use. >I use that method, but a couple of my tuner friends have told me that it is >out dated and the A temp is better. I am worried that if I try to learn it >now, it will hinder my current tuning skills. What do you think? >----- Original Message ----- >From: thepianoarts <thepianoarts@home.com> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 5:11 PM >Subject: 'C' fork users only (inferior 'A' fork users need not apply) > > >> >> >> Just kidding you overly sensitive 'A' fork users! >> >> Any "C" fork users care to exchange temperment checks and patterns etc? >I >> have been trying to evolve the 'Up three thirds, down a fifth, up two >> thirds" etc. temperment taught from the Aubrey Willis course 25 years >ago. >> Anyone on the list using this pattern? BTW, after 25 years with the fork, >I >> moved to the Sanderson Accu-fork. It has some advantages. Their >beat-rater >> is also a nice tool for checking contigious thirds. >> >> Dan Reed >> Dallas chapter >>
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