1/2 cent difference on unison

Keith McGavern kam544@ionet.net
Wed, 4 Feb 1998 15:59:49 -0600 (CST)


Part of Bill Bremmer's, RPT, post:
> ...Having 1¢ as a tolernace for pitch seems
>awfully small to me.  In the exam, effectively, if you are off by 1 Hz, your
>pitch score will be just below 80 and you will fail the Exam...

More correctly stated:
If you are off by 3.1 cents, your pitch score will be just below 80% and
you will fail that *portion* of the Exam.  In my book that's quite an
acceptable margin of error for someone who wants to earn the title of
Registered Piano Technician.



Keith A. McGavern
kam544@ionet.net
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA




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