<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the past I have used this method, = had leather on the end of the fork.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I found the thicker the head the better = the ring....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Having said that, what is point of = hearing the ring ? it should be the beat you listening for. how to get that right = ?..check, check, check and then check again !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Allen B</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=peter-burns.pianotuner@tesco.net href="mailto:peter-burns.pianotuner@tesco.net">Peter Burns</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 20, 2004 = 6:55 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> setting pitch with a = fork</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings List.  I also = place the fork between my teeth to set middle C- it seems like the best way to = really hear what's going on, although after having a filling recently, I now = have to use different teeth 'cause the filling has deadned the sound!  I = also use my knee to strike the fork on- I was always taught never to = bang a tuning fork against a hard surface....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best wishes</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Peter</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>