beginner seeking advice

[Isaac Sadigursky]

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Hi,Philippe! Aircompressor clean pianos even better,but they pitched to
A-421.376,a little too low.. Give it a try,too..  Maybe,you can skip buying
the tuning fork and move up to Cybertuner and get a really accurate reading
of a few European vacuum cleaners.Just curious.. Isaac

 

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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Philippe Errembault
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 5:07 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: beginner seeking advice

 

Hi, 

 

I'm new to tuning too and I don't have a tuning fork yet, I'd like to try
the vacuum cleaner tuning first.

a few questions : 

1/ I suppose all vacuum cleaners are not tuned on the same pitch. Is there a
Vacuum Cleaner tone Reference List (VCTRL) available somewhere on the net ?
Does this also word with kitchen vacuum ?

2/ I suppose the pitch depends on the temperature... Should I wait for my
Vacuum cleaner to stabilise ? How long ?

3/ I'm in europe and we are supplied in 220V 50Hz. Do you think this can
make a difference in pitch for the same model of vacuum cleaner between
Europe and US ?

4/ If for any reason I had to use a supplemental power supply cable... Is
there a risk that it infuences my reference pitch ? Should I pay attention
to this ?

5/ May I use the same vacuum cleaner for the tone reference and to clean the
piano ?

 

Thank you for you answers, 

 

Philippe

----- Original Message ----- 

From: pianotune05 <mailto:pianotune05@comcast.net>  

To: tcole@cruzio.com ; Pianotech List <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>  

Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:01 AM

Subject: Re: beginner seeking advice

 

I think the vacuum I used earlier was at a440 or close.  It was a different
pitch on the low setting. Does anyone here own an Oreck?  

Marshall

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Thomas Cole <mailto:tcole@cruzio.com>  

To: Pianotech List <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>  

Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 4:06 PM

Subject: Re: beginner seeking advice

 

A and F natural here on the left coast. A is dead on 440 according to my
CyberFork.

Tom Cole

Tvak@aol.com wrote:



 
 
In a message dated 2/28/2006 11:54:11 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
tune4u@earthlink.net writes:
 
  

A land-line telephone. (The dial  tone is an A)
    

 
 
Actually, there are two tones, an A and an F#.  At least in Chicago,  that's

the case, and in fact, the F# seems a bit louder than the A.   So...maybe
that 
might work down in Missouri...but I doubt it...you'd  have to...uh...'show 
me'.
 
Tom Sivak
Chicago
 
 
  


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