Have I missed something in my training as a piano tuner?I have been an aural tuner for over twenty years and an RPT since 1985.I have never put the fork between my teeth nor I have ever been instructed to do so,and I have had several well known tuners as mentors.Much of what we do in tuning requires the ability to discern even subltle variances in beat rates.For example M3rd m6th checks.You couldn't play all four of those notes together and get any sense of where you are at.That is why I would suggest that it is better to develop the minds ability to compare beat rates even when setting the pitch with a fork.I have done it so much I even know the speed I am looking for.(at least on S'way B's and D's) I might add that my method is just as accurate as fork in teeth.My Guild membership had lapsed several years ago,and I had to be retested.On the part of the test where you set the tuning note to the fork,I got 100%. Sorry if I went on kind of long.I just wonder how many tuners don't put their forks in their mouths. Robin Olson RPT Wash DC Chapter
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