Duane, It is possible to set intervals besides octaves by listening to the beat rates between notes. Many tuners are now using the so-called contiguous thirds method to help set notes of the temperament very accurately. See http://ptg.org/chapters/dallas/Newsltr-Apr2002.html or search Google for "contiguous thirds site:ptg.org". Scott Jackson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duaine & Laura Hechler" <dahechler at att.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Aural tuning question > How do you find the major third or any other note, other than an octave? > BUT, how do you really know - where - a third is ? (Where is a reference > point, like using a pitch fork for that third) > I don't want to be in the "ballpark" - I want - the - note.
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