Oops, caught me, too. A semitone (half-step musically) is 100 cents so 50 cents flat is, indeed, a 1/4 tone. Oh, well, I was just being a smart aleck anyhoo. Alan Salem ----- Original Message ----- From: <tune4u@earthlink.net> To: "Brian Lawson" <lawsonic@bdmail.co.za>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:01 PM Subject: Re: Cents to Hertz Conversion Chart > No, they mean PRECISELY a semitone. Sniggle. > > Alan Barnard > Swimming in Snow in Salem, MO > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Lawson" <lawsonic@bdmail.co.za> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 12:40 PM > Subject: Re: Cents to Hertz Conversion Chart > > > > Finally I understand, so when you ETD types complain of a piano being 50 > cents > > flat you mean about a semitone > > > > Brian > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net> > > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 8:25 PM > > Subject: Cents to Hertz Conversion Chart > > > > > > Alan, > > Thanks for the link! Nice to have. One thing struck me: As this is a chart > > to convert Cents TO Hertz,(CPS), there is nothing that shows the exact > cents > > to achieve frequencies such as 435cps or 425cps. I wonder if there is a > > reverse of this chart somewhere? > > Oh, as an aside, on the bottom of the chart is the statement that this > chart > > is copyrighted by "International Piano Suppy". Who/what is that? > > Best Regards, > > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) > > > > Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G} > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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