[pianotech] A432 Tuning Fork

[Rob McCall]

Roger,

Congratulations on passing the tuning exam! I saw the amount of work you'd been putting in on practicing so I knew you'd do it!

I'll be quizzing you a bunch as I prepare for my tuning exam.  Right now I'm focusing on the technical side of it...  :-)

Regards,

Rob McCall

McCall Piano Service, LLC
www.mccallpiano.com
Murrieta, CA
951-698-1875



On Jan 20, 2011, at 07:30 , Roger & Linda Domeny wrote:

> Hi Jim,
> 
> I agree with others who have commented before me. A quality tuning fork
> should be within about 1 cent of A440. So return the fork to Schaff.
> 
> As for your options, I have to say, as someone who recently took (and
> passed) the tuning exam, that the only truly accurate, dead-on every time,
> aural pitch source is the Sanderson Accu Fork. When practicing for the exam
> I found that my fork could be as much as 1.5 cents off, depending on the
> room temperature. Sometimes I could nail it with the fork; other times, not.
> I found this extremely frustrating. Metronome pitch sources, though cheap,
> are not calibrated with the kind of precision that you need for the exam.
> With the Accu Fork, with a little bit of practice, I was able to nail it
> every time (within 0.2 cents), with no points off for pitch in the exam.
> 
> Like you, I found the price of the Accu Fork to be a bit steep, so I
> contacted the Randy Potter School and found that they had a rental unit
> available for $25 a month. (I am a graduate.) You might check with them to
> see if this is an option for you. If you do decide to get an Accu Fork, be
> sure to allow enough time to get used to it. Practice, practice, practice,
> until you're confident you can nail it every time. Of course, this is true
> for whatever pitch source you use.
> 
> Roger Domeny
> Domeny's Piano Service
> 
>