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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: =
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class=888560817-03112004><FONT size=2>Dave</FONT> <FONT =
size=2>Anderson</FONT>
<FONT size=2>sez</FONT>:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: =
12px">I tune
A440, then A220 to that, tuning the right string of each note first, =
then the
middle, then the left. I check, usually with the F3 below, to see that =
I’m on
pitch.<BR>Then I go ahead and set the temperament (F3 to F4), putting =
each
note in relationship with its neighbors,<SPAN =
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</SPAN>tuning as I go. I make small adjustments to the notes =
through the
practice of “shimming” the unisons, or “cracking” the unisons: =
say I’ve got 4
notes of the temperament tuned, and I decide the 2nd note I tuned =
needs to
move a little. I move one outside string (usually) a slight, slight =
bit in the
direction I want it to go, then match it with the middle string, and =
check
where it is. If I like it, I leave it; if I don’t, I move it =
some
more.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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size=2>WHen I'm in
the temperament section, I'm constantly using reference strings for =
checks --
testing fifths with the major sixth below the lower note of the fifth, =
for
example. How do you do this efficiently using a single rubber =
mute</FONT>?
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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Jason Kanter . piano tuning =
regulation
repair</FONT></DIV>
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cell 425 830 1561</FONT></DIV>
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