Tuning fork users

Robert Scott rscott@wwnet.net
Tue, 06 Mar 2001 12:11:01 -0500


Willem wrote:

 >To go from 440 - 441, you need to add 4 beats to the fork. So listen to 
A440,
 >and get the fork perfect, then raise the note by 4 beats. To go to 442, 
raise
 >it by 8 beats.

You are thinking of cents, not beats.  It is 4 cents increase from
440 to 441.  If you want to tune to 441 using a 440 fork, then you
simply tune for a 1 beat per second difference with the fork, making
sure you are on the high side, not the low side of 440.

-Robert Scott
  Ypsilanti, Michigan]



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