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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Jon,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Do you mean +/- 6 cents?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>You couldn't go +/- 6 Hz, up and down. Or are you
just meaning C3 and up?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Best,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<A title=jonpage@comcast.net href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net">Jon Page</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 17, 2004 6:45 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Ragtime/Honky Tonk tuning, was
out of tune</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>><BR><PRE>You tune to normal equal temperament, but when you tune the unisons
you
>raise the right string by 6 Hz (beats) and lower the left string by 6
Hz.
>This is starting at A440.... A220 the right string should be 3 beats
up
>and the left string 3 beats down... by A880 the right string will be
tuned
>12 beats sharp and the left string 12 beats flat, and so on.
This should be fairly easy with an ETD. Tune all middle strings at
pitch.
Then set the ETD to +6 Hz and tune all right strings, set to -6 Hz and
tune all left strings, or vise versa.
Or so it seems to me.
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Regards,
Jon Page, piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
<A href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:jonpage@comcast.net
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