aural emulator

[Don]

Hi Jim,

Is this by any chance available as a *plug in* type program for RCT,
tunelab, or a SAT II or III?

At 11:26 PM 01/29/2000 -0800, you wrote:
 His Aural Tuning
>Emulator program allows the best balance of all intervals on a piano.
>This is a computer program written in Super Calc V which computes the 
>Inharmonicity coefficient of each note based upon physical measurements
>of each string (measurements require about 30 minutes to complete).
>The program then compares all neighboring and contiguous M3rds, parallel
>10ths, 17ths, 12ths, double octaves and allows for choices of 4-2, 6-3
>or 8-4 type octaves by the operator.
>
>If there is anyone out there who is just driven to do the most perfect
>tuning, Steve sells this computer program for $500. Where this program
>excels all of the present programs and machines in that each note of
>the piano is measured. RCT measures only 3 to 6 notes, TuneLab can measure
>many more or all, The SATs with FAC measure 3 notes, but they all do 
>smooth curving between the measured data. Steve's program utilizes the
>beat results and through several iterations maximizes the balance of
>all these intervals just as the finest Aural Tuners attempt to do. The
>final results are printed out so that these numbers can be entered in
>an ETD and then the piano is tuned.
>
>Well, it may not seem very practical to do all of that measuring for
>each piano, but for a very important piano which is tuned often, the
>results may be well worthwhile.
>
>jim Coleman, Sr.
>
>PS I got tired of writing. There is more later if there is interest.
>
>On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 kam544@flash.net wrote:
>
>> >..I was attempting to determine whether Steve
>> >Fairchild's 5-minute piano tuning was ever checked for ACCURACY by
ANYONE...
>> >Dave
>> 
>> Thank you for this clarification.
>> 
>> To be entered into the Guinness World Records, there has to be
>> documentation and verification of said facts.  What processes were actually
>> in place for affirmation when this record was set is unknown to me.  I
>> certainly look forward to this information possibly surfacing in the
future.
>> 
>> >...Let me quickly apologize if I have offended anyone or stepped on any
>> >fragile
>> >egos...
>> 
>> Likewise!
>> 
>> Keith McGavern
>> Registered Piano Technician
>> Oklahoma Chapter 731
>> Piano Technicians Guild
>> USA
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>
>
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts

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