<!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 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In ET, G#4 is 415.3 cycles per second. = That would be 100 cents flat of A4. A-415 is slightly flatter than that, so 101.3 = is about right.</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=avery@ev1.net href="mailto:avery@ev1.net">Avery Todd</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> Monday, March 15, 2004 = 8:39 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Beats vs cycles vs = cents</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Sarah, <BR><BR>Just wondering, but why then do "they" = say that to tune to A-415, <BR>one's ETD should be set to 101.3 cents offset? = Have I understood <BR>wrong? <BR><BR>Avery <BR><BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial = size=2>And yes, there are 100 cents between one half step and the next,<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT face=arial = size=2>Peace,<BR>Sarah<BR></FONT> <BR> <BR> <BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR> <DL> <DD>From:</B> <A href="mailto:jjgranas@zigzag.pl">Jean-Jacques = Granas</A> <BR> <DD>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <BR> <DD>Sent:</B> Monday, March 15, 2004 5:44 PM<BR> <DD>Subject:</B> Beats vs cycles vs cents<BR><BR> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Hi Joseph,<BR></FONT> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>So if I understand this right, = cents are units along a scale leading from one half tone to the next, while beats = are pegged to the specific unison's frquency. Did I understand this right?<BR></FONT> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Peace<BR> = <DD>jj<BR></FONT></DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>