In my opinion, you're getting the "cart before the horse" (Am I showing my age in using that idiom?) I'd encourage you to begin by using an ETA (Electronic Tuning Aid). At least to begin with. Here's why: Much of what we do is physical. Learning to turn pins while hitting the note and get that string to stabilize. If you use an app you begin turning pins and actually tuning the whole piano. Not perfectly but then that's part of what we do. Accepting that it just will never be perfect. One thing to keep in mind is that you'll probably never get the needle/spinner to stop or align perfectly, but that doesn't really matter. Close is good. Then, tune the other strings by ear. We call them "unisons" (technical term... 😉 ) So, the real fun comes trying make those unisons as clean or beat-less as possible.
Any good tuning is dependent on how clean the unisons are. Play octaves to make sure they sound pleasant and
voila, you're tuning a whole piano and even tuning some of it aurally. So, even using an ETA there are still plenty of things to keep you engaged and challenged. Eventually when you gain some skill at turning pins and tuning unisons you may want to learn to tune totally aurally.
At the university my daughter attends they have a program for teachers that gets them into a classroom their first semester. That way they find out if it's something they actually want to do. That's basically what I'm proposing.
This is one app that I'm using right now and the learning curve on it is very short:
Easy Piano Tuner
Don't let the name fool you. It's very sophisticated software.
There's even a bare bones tutorial to show you how to tune a piano.
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"That Tuning Guy"
Scott Kerns
www.thattuningguy.comTunic OnlyPure, TuneLab & Smart Piano Tuner user
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-26-2019 19:57
From: Larry Messerly
Subject: Which temperament, based on your experience, is the easiest to tune?
As I was reminded recently, we focus on temperament, octaves, unisons. Clients focus on unisons, octaves, temperament.
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Larry Messerly, RPT
Bringing Harmony to Homes
www.lacrossepianotuning.com
ljmesserly@gmail.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-26-2019 18:09
From: David Pinnegar
Subject: Which temperament, based on your experience, is the easiest to tune?
For me the tuning of the piano it's not necessarily setting the temperament that takes the time but actually getting the unisons in tune perfectly on every note . . .
Best wishes
David P
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I want to see if a consensus can be reached on the following matter:
Which temperament is practically the easiest to tune and generally takes the least amount of time to do so aurally and via an electronic tuning device?
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Roshan Kakiya
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