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Classical Music

no_hypocrisy

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3. I went out with a piano tuner and learned

Reply to stopbush (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 02:15 PM

Jul 2019

that his MO was to tune to pitch one key on the instrument. The rest was painstaking to tune the other keys in relation to that key and to each other. It takes hours and a fine ear to hear even a key a fraction of a pitch "off".

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How does an orchestra tune for a piano concerto? [View all] Lionel Mandrake Jul 2019 OP

The concertmaster steps forward, plays a DMinor chord on the piano stopbush Jul 2019 #1

I went out with a piano tuner and learned no_hypocrisy Jul 2019 #3

In greater detail: Lionel Mandrake Jul 2019 #4

Standard A440 sdfernando Jul 2019 #6

That's unfortunate but interesting! Lionel Mandrake Jul 2019 #7

You can look at the webpages for insturment manufacturers to see this in action sdfernando Jul 2019 #8

I did the math and found Lionel Mandrake Jul 2019 #9

Thank you. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2019 #5

Thank you empedocles Jul 2019 #2