determing Cents flat or sharp

[John M. Formsma]

Terry,

You might look into the Sanderson Accu-Fork.  When I started tuning aurally,
I bought one, and have never regretted it.  It's about $150, and has slider
bars that adjust the pitch, making it easy to see how sharp or flat a note
is--all the way to about plus/minus 60 cents.  This feature is nice for
figuring the offset you will need for pitch raises.  It's less susceptible
to pitch changes than a metal fork, varying something like .5 cents at the
max.

Although I know the theory behind using a metal fork to determine the cents
difference between two notes, I have never had to do that because I use the
Accu-fork.

John Formsma
Blue Mountain, MS



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of Terry L Jack
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 6:28 PM
To: PTG
Subject: determing Cents flat or sharp


Any of you brave souls care to try and explain to this newbe tuner how you
determine that a piano is 16 cents flat or 44 cents flat etc. aurally?

I have looked in every book I have and can't seem to find
it.................

Terry Jack
Asso member
Eugene, OR chapt