I'll second what Rick has been saying about the iphone with Tunelab. I've been using it for several months now and find it to be a great device- very accurate, small, light weight. With a rubberized case, i don't need a stand, I just lay it on the harp somewhere, against the bars, dampers, tuning pins etc, move it around to follow you. Charge it in between jobs in the car if needed. Try it, you'll like it. Phil Ryan On 5/4/2010 6:14 AM, Richard Ucci wrote: > What can I say, the tunings sound great. Whitney spinets to concert > grands. I only use them to set the temperment, aural from there. > I tune for some very picky clients and top commercial acts, so far so > good. > > Rick Ucci/ Ucci Piano > > On May 4, 2010, at 1:34 AM, Joe DeFazio <defaziomusic at verizon.net > <mailto:defaziomusic at verizon.net>> wrote: > >>> *From: *Richard Ucci <richarducci at comcast.net >>> <mailto:richarducci at comcast.net>> >>> *Date: *May 3, 2010 6:31:24 PM EDT >>> * >>> * >>> I use spurlocks cradle for the phone, and am using peterson >>> strobosoft ap. >>> Also cleartune ap on occasion. >> >> Uhhhhh, >> >> Peterson Strobosoft for iPhone doesn't include any stretch or >> inharmonicity parameters, as far as I can tell. >> >> Cleartune includes only one generic "guitar stretch" style. >> >> How are you generating useable piano tunings with either of these >> apps? I can't imagine that a temperament set with a 2:1 frequency >> ratio octave (440-220), which is even *narrower* than the 2:1 >> partial-matched octave on *any* piano (which is itself already much >> too narrow for a temperament octave), could be useable in creating an >> acceptable tuning. Imagine those cramped little fifths. And, the >> problem would get considerably worse as you move out from the >> temperament region. >> >> Don't get me wrong, those programs have their uses in assisting >> harmonic instruments players (flute, violin…) to play in tune, but >> they are not designed for piano tuning, as far as I can tell. My >> ears are hurting just thinking about it. It makes me think of the >> bad old days of strobe tuning before Al Sanderson came along. >> >> I don't mean to be harsh; if I'm missing something, please point it >> out. A truly useful tuning tool that costs $10 or less would >> certainly pique my interest. Unfortunately, only mutes and >> temperament strips and a few other odds and ends typically fit into >> that category.... >> >> Thanks, >> >> Joe DeFazio >> Pittsburgh >> -- I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses. Victor Hugo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100504/171b112e/attachment.htm>
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