Tuning fork users

[Paul]

Conrad
Did you acquire these forks or have A440 forks recalibrated? I have a
chromatic tuner that registers cents deviation from the correct pitch.

Paul Chick
----- Original Message -----
From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: Tuning fork users


> Hi Paul,
>
> At 08:09 03/06/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> >List
> >All this about A being other than 440. How does a tuning fork user set
> >something other than A440, such as 442 or 444? I can't help but feel
there
> >many tuners out there like me that use a fork only to determine A440 and
> >have little if any knowledge of how to "adjust" for another Hz.
> >Fortunately, I have never been asked to tune A to anything but 440. But,
> >my curiosity makes me ask how this done WITHOUT an ETD. I'll park my
> >but(t) and wait for the answers.
> >
> >Paul Chick
>
> I have "A" 435Hz, 440Hz and 442Hz forks and "C" equivalents to 435 and
440.
>
> Using your mnemonics for counting beats:
> 441 = 435 + 6 bps
> 442 = 435 + 7 bps  (or direct from 442Hz)
> 443 = 435 + 8 bps  (or 440 + 3bps)
> 444 = 440 + 4 bps
> etc.
>
> (my Korg MT 1200 is much easier...;-}
>
>
>
> Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu
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