Tuning Help

[Paul T Williams]

Matthew,

How do you count your 7bps.  I've always used "from Chicago to New York" 
rather than trying to count 1 to 7 in a second.  Before  even playing the 
interval, tap out a solid 1 per second beat with your foot, and then chant 
the above quote for a few moments and then change it to a kind of wa-wa-wa 
in the 7 bps mode.Then set your F/A third.  For the middle interval,  you 
might first get the F-3/D-4 (6th) interval to 8 bps. then the A/C# 
interval at 9 bps. Then do your F-F octave and check for the smooth 
transitions from the F-A; F/D; A/C#; and C#/F.  They should be 
respectively 7-8-9-11, but the 7-9-11 may still be easier to hear. 
Otherwise it sounds like your doing everything right, just need more 
practice.  A Sherman-Clay grand is really a rather difficult piano to 
tune, especially if it's really short.

Don't give up!

Paul




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Don:

I agree that the exam list serve would be an excellent place for this 
question, but I think that this is also an excellent place for this 
question. I'm quite interested in what folks might have to say to Matthew 
to help him figure out his dilemma. It's as worthwhile a technical topic 
as any.

And Matthew, perhaps if you can get a grasp of beat speeds from 
approximately 7 for F3-A, 9 for A-C#, and 11 for C#-F4, this would help. 
Balancing them is the trick. 

Paul


-----Original Message-----
From: Don <pianotuna at accesscomm.ca>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 8:23 am
Subject: Re: Tuning Help

Hi Mathew,



Your progression of beats from f3:a3 and a3:c#4 must be wrong if the 
c#4:f4

is too fast.



Have you joined the PTG yet? The examination listserv would be a better

place for this question.



At 06:56 AM 7/22/2008 -0700, you wrote:

>And then for my test I would play in

>order F-A, A-C#, C#-F and F-A with a smooth progression of beats. 

>gets way too fast.     I realize I may need to go back a few steps to

>really check what I did previously, but your guidance will be very 
valuable

>right now.        Thank you,  Matthew

Regards,

Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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