[pianotech] A440 Tuning Fork

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Thu Jan 20 10:09:32 MST 2011



Good grief, people. Years ago, Jim Coleman posted the math, and it's 
been reposted many times since as formulas, and in spreadsheets. Did 
anyone bother to save any of it?

pitch deviation = starting pitch*2^(cents deviation/1200)
So 440+10¢ = 442.549

cents deviation = 1200*LN(Hz/target Hz)/LN(2)
So 440-3Hz = -11.44¢

Ron N


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