<!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=Verdana size=2>Heat-shrink tubing on the handle, and = gripping it in your teeth, makes your whole head become a tuning fork, and hearing = the beats is very easy.</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=quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr href="mailto:quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr">Quentin Codevelle</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> Thursday, August 19, 2004 = 10:13 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>Hi cy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What I do now is hitting the fork on = my knee and pressing the A3 with the fork, not so strong, but I'm able to hear the = note and the fork's vibrations. I make the operation two or three times.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After that, when I feel the A is = tuned, I compare F2-A3 with F2-Tuning fork.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>if I have the same beats, for me A is = in tune !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>