Ragtime/Honky Tonk tuning

[Jon Page]

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 >> 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.
 >No, it's not as straight forward as that. You must remember that you have to
 >keep the frame (plate) stable. Where you have an increase in tension you
 >must have a corresponding decrease to compensate. Raising all the right
 >strings at once will throw out the temperament and then you will really get
 >your knickers in a twist. You have to tune and complete each note ("unison")
 >as you go along. Might be easier to use 3 seperate ETD's or you
 >will be forever twiddling knobs, causing great confusion until you're
 >eventually knackered.

Good point. An ETD such as the VT 100 would make it easy then by simply
tuning the unison: -6, 0, +6, right off the display.

Regards,

Jon Page, piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.mailto:jonpage@comcast.net
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