This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment What is particularly puzzling is how a whole step can be 200c when 100 = of anything sounds pretty complete to me. James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups (314) 608-4137 WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Ilvedson=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 2:52 PM Subject: Re: Help with "bad" tuning...need help But DON"T call them whole steps cuz they ain't. David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: James Grebe <pianoman@accessus.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:15:33 -0600 Subject: Re: Help with "bad" tuning...need help They are still 100 cents apart James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups (314) 608-4137 WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Piannaman@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:15 AM Subject: Re: Help with "bad" tuning...need help In a message dated 12/16/04 4:06:28 AM Pacific Standard Time, = pianoman@accessus.net writes:=20 I think part of the problem is that we are calling these half = steps. The=20 distance between E and F is no larger than between F and F#. It = is still=20 100 cents. Why do we insist on calling those things whole steps = anyway.?=20 James,=20 These are half-steps(not whole steps), aka half-tones, semi-tones or = minor seconds, and there are 100 equal divisions between them. Each one = of these miniscule portions is called a cent.=20 Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6e/49/f0/72/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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