[pianotech] Tuning test idea - fly or not ?

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

On 2/28/09, Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco at luther.edu> wrote:
> I tried it years ago, but I don't think the fork set itself had a good
> temperament to begin with.
> One of these days I'll put them up against my ETD and try to confirm
> what my ears told me.
>
> What if your fork set flunks the test? Then what???
>
> Conrad


I dug out ye olde Deagan No.178 Tonometer and did a very quick test
against my RCT Pianalyzer, set to read ¢.

C4 - +1.35
#      +0.31
D     +0.9
#      +0.25
E      +0.59
F      +0.33
#      +0.3
G      +1.07
#       +1.15
A         0.0 !!!
#       -.026
B      -.027
C5    +0.63

You CTEs figger out what that score would be...  ;-}

What I found out: It takes a long time for the forks to settle on room
temperature.  When I went back to A it was at -.94¢. (It's warm in
here, right now.)

If you were to use this set, the heat from your hands varying over all
the forks and however much time necessary would make Olympic Trap
shooting seem easy.

Better to use your ears and 1 (one) well-calibrated fork.

My .87¢ (Dow Jones 2¢)

Conrad