At 1:30 AM -0500 8/24/04, Richard Moody wrote: >Is that they way you were trained and how exactly did it go? It was so long ago that I don't remember. 'Though I belive Bill Garlick was using a C fork as the start of a Wm Braid White temperament. I graduated from his course in FEB '72. I switched to the A fork when I discovered the distinct advantages of the 3ds/6ths temperament. However it wasn't until until about nine years ago that I got called by a fine flautist on the error incurred when A440 is put on the 2d partial of A3, instead of the 1st partial of A4. (But I suspect that this is prone to less error than starting with a C fork and expecting A3 to be a reference A440.) >For me the A440 fork was put on the tenor bridge sounded against A4 >and if it was close enough it (the piano) was tuned from A4. You talking a straight unison between 1st partials, the fork's and A4's, right? >.......but unless it was a pitch raise you didn't change the pitch of A4 >because of the fork. I'm confused. The reason we pull the fork out of our shirt pocket is to set A4 to it, right? >To get a good temperament I soon learned to get a "good" A3--A4 >octave which I was taught to determine by the F3--A3--F3--A4 third and >tenth tests. That's a certified 4/2 octave, which is installs an A880. >The bottom line IMHO is >"who tunes less tunes best". Amen.......
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