<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 4/27/02 8:37:19 AM Central Daylight Time, joegarrett@earthlink.net (Joseph Garrett) writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Just a bit of something to stir the pot. If you tune with a C fork, the
<BR>piano will not be at A=440, (unless you fudge). The C fork is pitched to the
<BR>theoretical, (mathmatical) frequency of A, not the inharmonic. What think
<BR>you all?
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<BR>Bill Garlick used to handle this question. It's true but when tuning ET, the difference is very small, enough to be negligible when tuning aurally. When tuning an unequal temperament, it can and does make a lot of difference depending on what kind of temperament is used. For that reason, temperament "correction figures" are always listed with "A" being at 0.0. Some people who tune HT's don't like this idea however, and continue to use a "C" fork or start with "C" at 0.0 and use a pitch offset to get the general pitch to be as close to standard as possible.
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<BR>Bill Bremmer RPT
<BR>Madison, Wisconsin
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