<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <img width=448 height=336 src="cid:image001.jpg@01C32432.58E20CC0" = alt="Bedak_snap(61).jpg">  </fo= nt> This picture = prompts a comment: If it’s made by Korg and/or has a swinging needle or a = little arc of LED’s and/or costs less than several hundreds of dollars, = it is not for the piano. The piano must be tuned to relative pitch intervals = based on upper partials (harmonics) of the strings, not just fundamental pitches. = If A (49th key from the bottom) is accurately set at 440 Hrz, then = middle C is not exactly the same “C” that the guitar-type tuner = calls “middle C” Even setting that first A440 can actually be done by ear (beat matching, NOT pitch matching) more accurately than by matching a = swinging needle. You can invest in a Verituner, Accu-Tuner, or a computer with = TuneLab or Cybertuner Software, etc., and—yes—they will compute and = store a good tuning for your instrument. But that’s a lot of bucks for = something that is not a money-making business investment!  </fo= nt> All you really = need, besides instruction and much practice, is one tuning fork (A440 unless = you are reading an old book calling for a C fork), your wedge mutes, your tuning = hammer (should be called a wrench but isn’t, just to confuse the public), = and maybe your felt strip (optional, helpful in learning). I’d put the = tuner back in the guitar case. By the way, your hammer will not be as easy to = use as one that is less flexible (more expensive).  By the way, it looks = like your piano needs some dental work--ask your tuner about some replacement ivories or a whole new set of shiny keytops. BTW, sunlight bleaches = ivory; it gets yellow in the dark. So leave your fallboard open for a few decades = to get that like-new look back. Just kidding. They can be bleached with = Peroxide—not the kind in your bathroom, the kind that hairdressers use (careful, = it’s dangerous).  </fo= nt> Have fun. =   Alan = Barnard Salem</fon= t>, MO </div> </body> </html>