On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 7:35 PM, <tnrwim at aol.com> wrote: > Why can't a pitchpipe be used to set the temperament ? > > So let's try and stick to the subject, please ? > > Duaine > > Are you talking about setting the whole temperament, or just the A. > > If you're talking about setting the whole temperament using pitch pipes, > electronic or not, then you really don't understand the concept of > what setting a temperament is all about. > > If you're talking about using the pitch pipe just to set the A, then > that's allowed already. To set the A, the exam allows you to use any means > at your disposal, except an electronic device that measure pitch, (Like s > RCT or SAT). You can use a tuning fork, an electric fork, or a pitch pipe, > if you so desire. Regardless of the device, it is the responsibility of the > examinee to make sure it is calibrated to be at the correct pitch. So if > you're using a pitch pipe, it needs to be at right at A440. The examinee > tunes the A using whatever device, and then the A is measured against the > Examination's A. A 1 cent tolerance is allowed, and then 1 point is > deducted for every one tenth of a cent the piano's note is off. 80 is > passing, which means the piano's note cannot be off by more than 3 cents. > > Our question to you, Duaine, considering that you admittedly cannot hear > beats, can you tell a 1 cent difference in pitch between the pitch pipe and > the A on the piano. If you can, great. If you can't, it won't make any > difference what we tell you, because you won't understand what we're > talking about. > > Wim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net> > To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Sat, Nov 10, 2012 2:07 pm > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Possible adaptation for the Tuning Exam > > Why can't several of you stop bashing me and stick to the frickin' subject at > hand. > > Or maybe, just maybe, you did not understand the subject so here it is again. > > Why can't a pitchpipe be used to set the temperament ? > > So let's try and stick to the subject, please ? > > Duaine > > On 11/10/2012 05:15 PM, paul bruesch wrote: > > And it has always, without fail, fallen on "deaf ears"... so quit responding > to this drivel and move on. Maybe, just > > maybe, if no one ever responds it'll quit coming. > > > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Jason Kanter <jkanter at rollingball.com > <mailto:jkanter at rollingball.com <jkanter at rollingball.com?>>> wrote: > > > > I know many of us have tried to tell you this many times over the years, > but this is in fact the bottom line. > > > > > -- > Duaine Hechler > Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding(314) 838-5587 / dahechler at att.net / www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com > Home & Business user of Linux - 12 years > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121110/0e348f1b/attachment.htm>
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