This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Jon, Do you mean +/- 6 cents? You couldn't go +/- 6 Hz, up and down. Or are you just meaning C3 and up? Best, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: Jon Page To: pianotech@ptg.org Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 6:45 PM Subject: Ragtime/Honky Tonk tuning, was out of tune > You tune to normal equal temperament, but when you tune the unisons you >raise the right string by 6 Hz (beats) and lower the left string by 6 Hz. >This is starting at A440.... A220 the right string should be 3 beats up >and the left string 3 beats down... by A880 the right string will be tuned >12 beats sharp and the left string 12 beats flat, and so on. This should be fairly easy with an ETD. Tune all middle strings at pitch. Then set the ETD to +6 Hz and tune all right strings, set to -6 Hz and tune all left strings, or vise versa. Or so it seems to me. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@comcast.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f5/05/77/c2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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