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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000085.txt from 2003/12

From: "William R. Brohinsky" <onlyocelot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Tuning Trivia (warning: short!)
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:24:48 -0500

William R. Brohinsky wrote:

> . For display, there are 8 LEDs which are lit to make a display that
> spins left for flat, right for sharp, and on the rare,
> non-wild-strings, freezes when you're 'in tune'. (In tune is in quote
> marks because pianos are never really intonated, they are tempered, to
> adjust for the stretched partials.)

I know I'll pay for this slip forever.

The temperament is to adjust the notes within the scale so you can play
in all the neat keys. The additional adjustment called stretch is
because the partials of piano strings are sharp of 'harmonic'. Y'all
know that, I do too. There are other adjustments you can layer on top
of it all, but those will do.

Please forgive the slip: my asbestos undies are in the wash.

raybro