Question: Why would a piano tuner, from a musicological perspective, consider using thirds, tenths, and seventeenths, given the fundamental importance of the Perfect 5th to tune a piano? Answer: The ...
I stand "Cantus Firmus" ------------------------------ Steven Norsworthy PianoSens Cardiff By The Sea CA (619) 964-0101 ------------------------------
Steven - sorry to potentially upset you but one can't look at fifths whilst ignoring thirds. Perfect 5ths result in Pythagorean tuning and the prevalence of this caused Meantone tuning to hold sway when ...
I Broke It. Now What?
By Norman Cantrell, RPT
PTG President
Last month, I confessed to having tuned my first piano with
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