electronic pitch source

[pianotune05]

Hi Ed,
Sorry for the delay in responding.  I spend a couple of hours telemarketing 
my tuning services.  I figure, by the time I land some jobs tuning, I'll 
have been practicing at the same time, and have more experience under my 
belt.

The fork I have is the blue walker fork, blued steel I think it's called. 
They have nickel plated ones as well, but I don't konw anything about the 
properties of these forks.  I like the idea of the acufork because I don't 
have to worry about striking the fork, listening, adjusting the pin, fooling 
with the mute etc. It would save me time,to just leave it on and adjsut the 
note to meet the right pitch.  I might treat myself to one for an early bday 
present and make 41  a good year like 40 has been.
Marshall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ed440@mindspring.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 2:48 PM
Subject: electronic pitch source


> RicB wrote:  Dean Reyburn used to offer
> an electronic pitch source that was quite inexpensive. Seiko I think,
> and they were not exactly on the nose... but within a 0.5 cent window or
> something.
>
> Ric-
> The Seiko is fine for calibrating electronic devices, but not aural 
> tuning.  It has an extremely loud second partial and a very soft first 
> partial.
>
> Marshall-
> For the time being, you might do better to carry your fork in your pocket, 
> and maybe get it calibrated to pocket temperature.  (I'm assuming it's a 
> steel fork.  Aluminum forks are too temperature sensitive.)
>
> The Sanderson tool gives four pitches, so it's not much more expensive 
> than four top quality forks, not to mention the 50cents sliding scale.  I 
> want one, too.
>
> Ed Sutton
>
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