My fork has a ni-cad battery....hard to hold in the teeth tho....LOL On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Shawn Hansen <kayceemusic at gmail.com>wrote: > I use an aluminum fork, and it IS more susceptible to temperature changes > than a steel one. I like it because it rings longer and I just plain got > used to it. I calibrated mine to my body temperature and check it with a > technician who has an ETD every year or more. I keep it in my pocket during > the day while I tune and then place it in my arm pit (outside of a tee > shirt) until it feels as warm or slightly warmer than my cheek right before > I tune A4. Muting the piano is usually just the right amount of time to get > it up to temp. > > I also have a John Walker for backup. > > Good luck on your test! > > Shawn > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:04 AM, James Sasso <jwsasso at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello Everyone; >> I just bought a John Walker tuning fork from Schaff in preparation for my >> tuning exam. All electronic instruments indicate this fork is 6-8 cents flat >> at room temperature. I'd like to get some feedback as to options. My other >> forks average average to within 2 cents of C5 and A4 but the A4 one is >> aluminum. I was thinking of keeping and filing the John Walker fork, but >> wouldn't 6-8 cents require an awful lot of filing and mutilation of the >> fork? Another option would be to return the current one and ask Schaff to >> send one closer to A440. A final option I've considered is to purchase a >> Sanderson Accu-fork ($165 Pianotek). Any comments would be appreciated. >> Thanks, >> Jim >> > > > > -- > Shawn Hansen RPT > certified piano technician > 816.896.4047 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110119/dca1836b/attachment.htm>
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