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Goulish - Interesting that it is 'goulish' to engage someone who is deaf and can tune but not someone who is blind. Why not give a deaf person the opportunity to earn a living , learn a new skill etc. Years to learn to tune - It has taken me 1 week to learn how to tune with this software and control...

Hi I cannot speak for the other electronic tuning devices but the laptop software I am working on allows you to set the note to whatever frequency you wish with or with any beats, it displays the frequency peak and deviation (not sure how to attach a .psp picture to this reply - any advice?). The be...

Hi Geminoz, I don't wish to create an ear v computer argument but scientifically I can tune my piano to match any ear tuning and dare I say tested a piano after it had been ear tuned to find the treble was 15% out. Is ear tuning and experience of the tuner a myth to retain this mystic of tuning when...

Hi Vladimir, As you will see from my seperate question in the General section on 'Concert tuning'I use some laptop software to tune. I found your query on the strength of the note of great interest as I can view the note as a frequency display but never considered the strength in general playing, I ...

Hi Chris, Thanks for the reply. Thanks for the reply. I am new to the piano arena and come from an engineering/computer background I am servicing and tuning pianos with my software. I still cannot get to grips with why it is said I cannot tune with my software equal to ear tuning. At the end of the ...

Sorry Barrie not Brian!

Thanks Brian, I now understand why there may be a different frequency quoted. You mentioned about the diference between the human scale and machine, do you have any further info as I am using some laptop software to tune and cannot see what is wrong with using the theoretical frequencies? - or is it...

Can someone give me a definitive statement on what is expected for a piano to be tuned to concert pitch, I have seen many write ups which vary from A = 440 to 450 with no explanation of whether this is also to Equal Temperament Perfect Octave.

Is there an expert out there please?

Regards

Arthur