[CAUT] P-12ths was: Tuning a Steinway D andaBosendorferImperialtogether

[Kent Swafford]

There appears to be nothing kept in memory. There is nothing to clear  
when moving from piano to piano; the program appears not to care when  
one tuning ends and another begins.


Kent


On Oct 17, 2008, at 6:48 PM, Porritt, David wrote:

> I wonder if it measures as it goes does it violate some patents held  
> by other manufacturers?
>
> dp
>
>
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> dporritt at smu.edu
>
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf  
> Of Ed Sutton
> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 6:23 PM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] P-12ths was: Tuning a Steinway D  
> andaBosendorferImperialtogether
>
> It seems that the device does not calculate curves, since the tuning  
> of each note seems to be a discrete decision.
>
> Is it possible that it measures the inharmonicity of the note, or  
> perhaps several partials, and based upon this makes a decision  
> (perhaps using a collection of of previously established templates),  
> on the place to tune the note?
>
> Perhaps it has a set of ideal curves for various partials, and an  
> algorithm to calculate a "best fit" compromise, one note at a time?
>
> Ed Sutton
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marcel Carey
> To: College and University Technicians
> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 6:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] P-12ths was: Tuning a Steinway D  
> andaBosendorferImperial together
>
> Well Don, I had read that page, but I was wondering about the actual  
> working of the program. I wrote privatly to Kent to ask what were  
> the features or the actual handling of the machine. It seems (if I  
> understood correctly) that there is no pitch adjustment or pitch  
> raise function, no measurements taken, not to mention file savings.  
> My big question is does the program measure and calculate a perfect  
> tuning for each piano or is it just like 1 tuning file in a box.  
> This tuning file being so perfect that it would fit all pianos...
> This is my question. Before I invest over a thousand dollars in  
> something like this, I would like to see screen shots of the  
> differents features I'm used to with other tuning programs TL,  
> Veritune and CyberTuner.
> Thanks,
> Marcel
>
>
>
> > Hi Marcel,
> >
> > Do you mean this page?
> >
> > http://www.piano-stopper.de/html/stopper_tuning1.html
> >
> > At 04:50 AM 10/17/2008 -0400, you wrote:
> > > Hi Kent,&S and Bosendorfer sounded so good together.I'm not too  
> sure.
> > >Wish Bernhard would tell us more about his program and add some  
> tweeking
> > >functions in it.Marcel Carey
> > >
>
> >
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