deaf tuning

[Don]

Hi Michael,

"Deaf" or "blind" tuning is simply choosing the last string you normally
tune and turning the pin sharp without listening. It's done by "feel"
instead of "ear" or "eye". Chromatically means one semitone higher each
time. I.E. "deaf tune treble wire of A#4, then "deaf" tune treble wire of
B4, then "deaf" tune treble wire of C5, etc.

I'm sure that nearly every tuner has had the experience of "accidentally"
being on the wrong tuning pin. If you listen to the result of the
"accident" sometimes you end up with an octave or a unison (depending on
the mistake) that is either correct or very nearly correct. I believe that
our body "learns" the piano from a motor memory point of view while tuning
it. See this article:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/08/970806145740.htm

or tinyurl


http://tinyurl.com/ua98

At 01:34 PM 11/9/2003 -0000, you wrote:
>Hello Don Rose
>you wrote:
>"How about 160 to 250 cents one pass ending up at A441? Close enough for
>you? Yes A0 to C8 using Reyburn Cyber Tuner,"
>I reply:
>Chromatically???
>"but cheating using "deaf tuning" from A#4 to C8."
>I query:
>exact description of "deaf tuning" please!
>Regards
>Michael G (UK) still drizzling in the Sussex Downs
>
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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