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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN =
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class=492062403-20052004>I have had customers call me after buying a =
new
piano. They said the tuner from the piano store had just tuned it =
and he
ruined the sound of the piano. In the store it sounded just like =
Aunt
Maudie's piano, but now it sounds dead. I went and found a =
perfectly tuned
spinet. I tuned one string to celeste with the other two =
strings and
the customer was ecstatically happy. I collected my check and left =
with
another happy customer. Everytime thereafter, I would tune that =
piano
straight and then celeste it, leaving a loyal happy
customer.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=492062403-20052004></SPAN>Come on guys. Well, Kernberger,
Mean. GET REAL.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=492062403-20052004>What
you want for a so-called Honky Tonk tuning is a simple celeste =
tuning. We
do that all the time on pipe organs. You tune the piano the =
normal
way. Then you simply lower one string (of your choice) in =
each
unison until undulation is heard. Like in a pipe organ you may =
adjust the
speed to your liking. A Flute Celeste is the slowest beat =
frequency.
A Viole Celeste is the fastest. A Gemshorn is in between. =
Most stops
called "Celeste" are tuned sharp of pitch. A rank called "Unda =
Maris is
tuned flat of pitch. If it is a theater style organ celestes are =
faster
than a classical. You may tune a piano celeste string sharp or =
flat.
I don't think it would make a difference. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=492062403-20052004>Whatever you are tuning, the bass section =
should be a
slow undulation with a gradual increase in speed of beats as you go up =
in
pitch. The highest notes will be fastest. I have found in =
organs
that if you use the meter for tuning, you may tune them from 5 =
cents to 12
cents away from pitch. Choose and stick with your number =
though. On
a pipe organ you can usually turn off the straight rank and tune the =
celeste
rank to the meter by itself. If you set the whole rank 10 cents =
off you
will get the gradual increase in speed automatically. Some tuners =
do not
use the meter.but use their ears to keep the speed of undulation =
gradually
faster as they go up. That works, too. Being lazy like I am, =
here
lately, I have merely stuck to the meter for tuning the celestes. =
I set a
flute Celeste to 5-7 cents sharp and a Viole Celeste is set to 10 cents =
for a
real sizzle in those strings.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>I<SPAN
class=492062403-20052004>n very large organs you may find three rank
Celestes. That would be a straight tuned rank, a sharp tuned rank =
and a
flat tuned rank. Those are extremely rare. Sometimes they =
are called
"Chorus" i.e. Viole Chorus, Flute Chorus. The Wanamaker =
organ in
Philly has those all over.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial><STRONG>D.L. Bullock St.
Louis<BR></STRONG></FONT><A href="http://www.thepianoworld.com/"><FONT =
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