As someone mentioned...rubber tubing around the stem protects the teeth... David I. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ilex cameron ross" <i1ex@earthlink.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Setting pitch with a fork > > heh. my old mentor actually used to clamp the tuning fork in his teeth. > FRIGHTENING! i suppose it must resonate quite well inside one's skull that > way, but i wonder what kind of damage is being done to his teeth! > -ilex > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cy Shuster" <741662027@theshusters.org> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 11:02 AM > Subject: Setting pitch with a fork > > > List, > > I'm practicing setting pitch with a tuning fork (for the RPT exam, > someday), > and I'm finding it hard to hear the beats between F2 and the fork. I'm > also > struggling to hold the fork, play the note, and turn the pin. What works > for you? > < . . . . .> > --Cy Shuster-- > Bluefield, WV > I tune verticals "left-handed," i.e., tuning hammer in left hand, > striking notes and octaves with my right, piano bench angled so I'm facing > the treble end. I often stand to tune the bass, but don't necessarily > have > to. The following method probably won't work if you tune "right-handed," > but maybe it's adaptable. > I tap the fork on my knee, hold it up to my ear, then with the fork > still held with my right thumb and index (why set it down when I'm going > to > immediately use it again?), play A 49 with my right 3rd & 4th fingers and > just get A in the right ballpark. Then I quickly tune A3 to A4, > approximately beatless, but not bothering with any other checks than just > the two A's together. Then I get F2 to beat fairly slowly with A4, in the > neighborhood of three to six beats a second -- that's just where I find it > easiest to compare beats. > Now I can hit the fork on my knee, hold it up to my ear or put the base > of it against my cheekbone or jawbone up near the ear while I play F2 and > memorize the beat rate. Then, still holding the fork with right thumb & > forefinger, play A with the 3rd & 4th fingers, and F2 with the left hand, > comparing the beat rate with the previous one. > When the beat rates sound the same, I again hit the fork, move it > immediately to my ear and play A4, and let them both ring, listening for > any > "slow roll." > If F2 doesn't beat that loudly with the fork, try using B1. > > --David Nereson, RPT > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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