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Hello everyone, I wanted to share with you a tool I developed: it's called Piano Tuning and it is an ear-training simulator designed to train the ear on twelve historical temperament systems...
Hello everyone, I haven't been on the forum for quite a while due to work reasons. Time is always running short here, but it's a pleasure to meet you all again. For a few months now, I have...
Good morning everyone, I have often come across tunings on normal pianos played without other instruments that were tuned based on 438Hz or 442Hz. Not to mention the pseudo-theory about 432H...
What do you think about tuning with non-equal temperament to better adapt the instrument to a certain repertoire? While always preserving the choral aspect for which the instrument was born.
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pianoexpert
Good morning, about a month ago I tuned the new C1x piano (which had been delivered to me in February at A=444) to 440, trying to obtain the beats between the 5ths and 4ths and all in all I...
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GikoGomez
Hello, I wanted to ask for advice regarding the path of a piano tuner and then, who knows, with the right skills and knowledge, also a piano restorer. Specifically, I would like to be able t...
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pianoexpert
Good morning, I wanted some advice if possible on the best practices to follow on pianos that have not been tuned for a long time or with strings that are prone to breaking. I know that one...
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pianoexpert
Good morning everyone, I wanted to know your opinion or discuss how one might eventually adjust the fast beats heard between the D of the second octave and the F# of the fifth octave. (The s...
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pianoexpert
Hello everyone I have a doubt regarding the choice of a potential tool to try tuning the piano (with grace and great lightness); I notice that the most common sizes are the first (small) and...
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pianoexpert
Good evening, I would like to tune my upright piano by myself. I think having the possibility to have one's own instrument always in tune whenever one wants and without spending a dime is fa...
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pianoexpert
Good evening, I would like to have my piano tuned; I am located in Fiano Romano (RM). Which professionals can do this and perhaps, in addition to the tuning, check the condition of the piano...
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pianoexpert
Hello everyone, while consulting with other tuners and reading manuals on tuning, I found some conflicting opinions regarding the tuning of the back strings, also known as the duplex scale....
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pianoexpert
Since the tuner came and also worked with the tool with the needles, my Yamaha no longer sounds like before, what could have happened? HELP!
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pianoexpert
Member 2 City of residence Formia Posted 4 hours ago Hello everyone. I want to submit a problem that arose with a Yamaha G2 grand piano. After voicing, some keys sound like a harpsichord (it...
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Good morning I always tune the piano, and I call the tuner once a year. I believe that for someone who plays the piano, even with a single out-of-tune note, it feels like a punch in the stom...
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GikoGomez
greetings, a few days ago I happened to come across a piano with particularly hard pins, so much so that it made me reflect on the need to buy a carbon key, which flexes less, and perhaps wi...
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pianoexpert
Good morning everyone, I apologize in advance if I posted this topic in the wrong section. I am reading with interest the book: "Piano servicing, tuning and rebuilding" by Arthur A. Reblitz,...
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pianoexpert
Good evening everyone, i purchased a refurbished Yamaha U1 and I noticed that one key (E) makes a strange "clack" when I press it. What could it be? It doesn't seem normal to me.
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pianoexpert
Hello. For a few years now, I have been involved in piano restoration and tuning. Every time I tune the central octaves they seem perfect, but the low octaves are not harmonic even though th...
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pianoexpert
Guys, I've been using it for 2/3 years, and I never called the tuner again! It exists for pc, mac, android, ios etc etc, and it is expensive software, it's true, but with 7 tunings avoided,...
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I happened to listen to videos of pianos tuned according to historical non-equal temperaments that are nonetheless "circulating" (meaning the circle of fifths closes). Examples include Lehma...
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francescochopin90
Good evening everyone, I am a forty-year-old former piano student. I stopped at the threshold of the 5th [grade] but now I would like to dust off the instrument. I own a Yamaha upright piano...
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francescochopin90
Hello, I am new to the forum, found while searching for software to help me maintain the tuning (done by a professional) of my Yamaha C3 piano, which I use to record backing tracks for as lo...
Is there any software that can count the number of beats between two sounds? I have deduced, both from this forum and on my own, that tuning software only leads one astray. It would be more...
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francescochopin90
hello everyone even though I am a supporter of tuning by ear, I have always been curious about the advancement of technology. I have used various electronic devices like Yamaha, TLA, and als...
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Thesimon
