At 06:21 09/28/2001 -0400, you wrote: >In a message dated 9/28/01 4:31:10 AM Central Daylight Time, >dnereson@dimensional.com (Dave Nereson) writes: > >><<This is the area of the piano which requires the utmost in precision. >>Even an error of 1 cent is audible and does affect the quality of harmony. >>The tolerance for an error on the PTG Exam in this area is 1 cent. (B. >>Bremmer)>> >> >> I read somewhere that the smallest pitch difference the average person >>(including most musicians and some tuners) can hear is about 3 cents, so >>when I read tuning articles where a few tenths of a cent are being quibbled >>over, I just have to wince. Now if all my customers were concert artists, >>that'd be different.... > > >Do you really believe that you could tune the midrange of a piano with a >tolerance of +/- 3 cents on each note and get paid for it? ....... >Bill Bremmer RPT >Madison, Wisconsin Nope. At least not more than once... The confusion of hearing 1¢ vs:3¢ difference is one of timing. (Timing is everything, right?) I believe that the 3¢ differentiation is between sequential notes, whereas Bill would be referring to notes played simultaneously. As an experiment, if you have an ETD, tune one trichord 0/+1/+3¢. -With your finger as a mute, alternate between left and right strings and see if you can discern a pitch difference. -Then, just mute the right and hear what a 1¢ simultaneous difference is like. -Retune the right to +1¢, or use two fingers to alternate between 0 and +1¢. Hear any difference? Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Voice-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076(Dept.office) === Note new area code === obligatory 1 December 2001 === "Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin and Hobbes
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