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I'm going to import a 440 tone mp3 file into my palm pilot next time I feel technically inclined.<div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Jonathan Best</div><div><a href="mailto:jb@bubblemusic.com">jb@bubblemusic.com</a></div><div>928-830-4887</div><div>www.bubblemusic.com</div></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On Jun 27, 2008, at 6:43 PM, Ed Sutton wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Andrew-</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">I use the heavyweight Walker fork. It's calibrated to my pocket. I carry it in a leather pouch with an aquarium thermometer stuck to the pouch. At 82 degrees Farenheit it's accurate with two tenths of a cent, and it holds its temperature reasonably well.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">For the tuning exam, it's probably best to get an electronic A440.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Ed Sutton</font></div><blockquote style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; margin-right: 0px; "><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-position: initial initial; "><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="anrebe@sbcglobal.net" href="mailto:anrebe@sbcglobal.net">Andrew and Rebeca Anderson</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="ed440@mindspring.com" href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">Ed Sutton</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, June 27, 2008 12:10 PM</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: Temperature and the Tuning Fork</div><div><br></div>I have one of those forks and I did calibrate it to my shirt-pocket temperature. It seems to be the only way to "guarantee" as reasonably regular pitch (human bodies, barring illness, are finely temperature regulated). What is interesting is how fast the pitch can change in a fork, particularly in a cute little thin one.<br><br>Andrew Anderson<br><br>At 08:17 AM 6/27/2008, you wrote:<br><blockquote class="cite" cite="" type="cite"><font size="2">See p. 18 of the same issue (July).<br>A good fork (such as the Walker forks) will have a specified calibration temperature.<br>Some technicians prefer to calibrate the fork to a pocket temperature.<br>See<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.tunelab-world.com">www.tunelab-world.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for calibration instructions.<br>Ed Sutton<br></font><dl><dd>----- Original Message -----<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></dd><dd>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">Matthew Todd</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></dd><dd>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></dd><dd>Sent:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:21 PM<br></dd><dd>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Temperature and the Tuning Fork<br><br></dd><dd>Hi,<br></dd><dd><br> </dd><dd>On p. 9 of this issues journal, can you explain the temperature/tuning fork relationship? What is the purpose of being able to keep track of it's temperature? Also, what is the best way to store a tuning fork, and how do you get it calibrated?<br></dd><dd><br> </dd><dd><br> </dd><dd>Many thanks,<br></dd><dd>Matthew<br></dd></dl></blockquote><br></blockquote></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>