[pianotech] A432 Tuning Fork

Jim Moy jim at moypiano.com
Fri Jan 21 08:47:14 MST 2011


On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Roger Domeny <rogerdomeny at att.net> wrote:
> ...who's to say that this particular piano isn't the exception to the rule,
> with inharmonicity outside the window?

Right, no guarantee. Just like with a fork there's no guarantee on the
temperature of the exam room. A few degrees from what you're expecting
can knock you off a few tenths of a cent. So we're back to filing
forks to match armpit temperature or whatever.

Jim


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