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This varies a bit from person to person. The pianos do indeed create the
fundemental. I was under the impression that RCT was not even programmed
to measure the fundemental below A1, but I could easily be wrong here.
In any case it would be difficult to measure due to the amplitude of the
fundemental, and the wash of much louder partials present.
<p>"Ray T. Bentley" wrote:
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<font size=-1>First, I saw a recommendation
from Ed Foote concerning the Valotti Temperament. The RCT has a conversion
to a temperament called Valotti-Young. I have tuned this one before
for a demonstration sponsored by the St. Louis Chapter last winter.
Are these temperaments one and the same? I have seen or heard them
referred to separately and also hyphenated. Can anyone explain for
me? (BTW, I saw Ed's class in KC, and thought it brilliant!)</font> <font size=-1>Secondly,
I learned many years ago that we hear no fundamental in the lowest notes
of pianos. But I was under the impression that perhaps there would
be fundamental heard in the lowest notes of concert grands. I had
a few minutes after the last tuning of a Steinway D that I prepared for
a concert, and used the RCT Pianalyzer to measure the harmonics of the
lowest octave. I found that no fundamental was recorded until A1.
This means that even on that piano there is no fundamental pitch heard
on the entire first octave of the piano. Have any of you done any
extensive research on this? Is this true of most concert grands,
or only on the one I happened to try this on?</font> <font size=-1>Ray
T. Bentley, RPT</font><font size=-1>Alton, IL</font></blockquote>
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<br>Richard Brekne
<br>RPT, N.P.T.F.
<br>Bergen, Norway
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