In a message dated 1/12/00 12:53:23 AM !!!First Boot!!!, tjack@pacinfo.com writes: << 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 >> You can't get as accurate about pitch as an SAT, but you can get a pretty good idea by listening to the beats. In the middle octaves of the piano, there are 4 cents for every 1 beat. As you go higher, there are more cents per beats, and as you go lower there are less cents per beat. A4 has 4 cents, A5 has 8 cents, A6 has 16 cents etc. A3 has 2 cents, A2 has 1 cent. So its just a matter of counting beats, and multiplying the cents. Like I said, you can make a pretty good guess aurally, but An SAT, or other ETD, will give you the exact number. Willem Blees
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