Klarinet Archive - Posting 000399.txt from 2000/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Unloading.....
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 18:22:56 -0400

At 03:49 PM 8/15/2000 +0100, Tony Pay wrote:
>On Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:26:02 EDT, LeliaLoban@-----.com said:
>
>> Those compact piano-shaped objects almost always sound flat in the
>> treble to me, too, even when an electronic device shows the note is
>> properly tuned. I've always wondered why. Anyone know?
>
>The overtones are flat to whole number multiples of the fundamental
>frequency, which is what an electronic tuner looks at. The ear/brain
>system assigns pitch essentially by trying to fit the overtone pattern
>into a whole-number template. Though it obviously fails to do that,
>what the system delivers is a perceived lower pitch.
>
"Stretch" piano tuning attempts to compensate for this psychoacoustic
phenomenon by deliberately tuning the upper parts of the piano gradually
slightly sharp. Fancy electronic tuners are even capable of doing this
automatically. You'll find that most pianos are tuned this way, and may
result in your observation that you must raise your pitch to stay with the
piano up high.

Bill Hausmann NEW ADDRESS: bhausmann1@-----.com
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