New to Tuning-Book Recommendations?

[Chris Gregg]

Brett,

         Congratulations at taking on the challenge learning how to 
tune.  Piano tuning is somewhat difficult to learn out of a book. Rick 
Baldassin's "On Pitch" book is very  good at describing how the various 
test intervals work. The best thing is to find a good aural tuner in your 
area and ask if you can go out with them for a day.  You will be surprised 
at how receptive they can be.  Try and hear the same things that they are 
listening to.  Learning to tune aurally may seem like lot of work, but it 
is totally worthwhile.

Chris Gregg
At 12:19 AM 1/11/2004, you wrote:

>Wow. There is an unbelievable wealth of information
>here. I am new to piano tuning and am very much
>interested in it. I am 21 years old, living in the
>State of Oregon, and am going to school for land
>surveying. Anyway, my grandfather tuned for much of
>his life, and that is what sparked my interest. He
>gave me a book, "The New Tuning", by Lucas Mason, in
>which the piano is tuned using perfect fifths. This is
>a method that he said he tried, but could never get to
>work. I have also read the book, and have practiced
>tuning my piano 4 or 5 times and a few other pianos
>using this method, but always come out with distastful
>results, mostly in that the M3rds, and the 10ths in
>the bass, sound terrible. But, as I said, I am a
>rookie, and so, am obviosly unskilled and doing
>something wrong. I am aware that there are many
>various ways to tune the temperment, so I was hoping
>that I could get some book recommendations from anyone
>here. I dont have time to take classes on piano tuning
>at this point in time, but will consider doing so in
>the future. Thanks for any responses.
>
>Brett Flippo
>
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