At 11:11 AM 03/06/2001 -0500, you wrote: >In a message dated 3/6/01 8:27:48 AM Central Standard Time, >tunenbww@clear.lakes.com writes: > > >>List >>All this about A being other than 440. How does a tuning fork user set >>something other than A440, such as 442 or 444? I can't help but feel there >>many tuners out there like me that use a fork only to determine A440 and >>have little if any knowledge of how to "adjust" for another Hz. >>Fortunately, I have never been asked to tune A to anything but 440. But, my >>curiosity makes me ask how this done WITHOUT an ETD. I'll park my but(t) >>and wait for the answers. >> >>Paul Chick >> >> > > >Paul > >To go from 440 - 441, you need to add 4 beats to the fork. So listen to A440, >and get the fork perfect, then raise the note by 4 beats. To go to 442, raise >it by 8 beats. > >Willem Wait a minute...that's cents, not beats. If I want to tune to 442, I listen to my fork and raise the pitch to produce 2 bps; To get 444, I'd produce 4 bps off the fork. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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