![]() That's slightly less than the National Minimum Wage. That adds up to an 8-hour day for a single tuning.Īn average tuning fee in 2023 is around £80 more in London. Allow two hours for tuning, a reasonable time for rural pianos maybe less frequently maintained. So, 6 hours of a day just driving to and from the job. That's 110 miles away from Gourock, and the journey takes about 3 hours. Someone asks about a tuning in, say, the Highland town of Fort William. Let's imagine a piano technician based, like me, in Gourock. There are few population centres - Glasgow is the only large city - and towns are spread far apart. The West of Scotland poses special problems for making a living from piano work. The cost and viability of a Pitch Raise can be discussed when assessing the piano. They are then fine tuned at the right pitch. The strings are tuned sharp by a calculated amount, from where they settle back to approximately the right place. This is a "two-pass" tuning effectively a double tuning. When a piano hasn't been tuned for a long time, it is likely to have dropped below Concert Pitch (the international standard in which the A above Middle C is at 440Hz).Ī piano substantially below Concert Pitch requires a Pitch Raise to get it properly in tune at the correct pitch. Special rates are available for schools and other institutions with multiple pianos. Time-lapse of Carey Beebe tuning a harpsichord at the Carmel Bach Festival.Additional charges apply for long distances. With practice, you’ll build up confidence and speed, and The harpsichord in better tune than when you began. Then you are done, and canĭon’t spend more time than what you have to: Your aim should be to leave Probably from bass to treble, working against your front 8´-orīoth unison choirs together, if you prefer. Then work on the treble of the frontĪnd bring the remainder of the treble of the back 8´ in tune with that,Īgain in perfect unison. ![]() In octaves, then tune the back 8´ from the bass up to the middle in Many tuners complete the bass of the front 8´ choir by tuning down To produce your temperament, you are ready to spread throughout the range. When you are happy with how you have divided up the notes of the scale Bring the rest of the instrument into tune with your middle “bearings”Īrea. When you’ve done a little pokingĪround there, I’d recommend you look at Kirnberger to begin.ģ. Tuners therefore double backwards and forwards, tuning up a fifth and down an octave if necessary to confine the area they are working to around or just below middle c'. If you had to tune a continuous chain of more than a few fifths, you would quickly run out of notes. On one set of strings (often the front 8´) in the middle of the instrument,įollowing a particular recipe. Set the temperament appropriate to the music you wish to play. SO THAT YOU ARE TUNING THE INSTRUMENT AT ITS CORRECT PITCH.Ģ. Play in between at Classical pitch, sometimes A425 or A430.ĪLWAYS ASCERTAIN THE KEYBOARD POSITION PRIOR TO TUNING Pitch at A392, a tone lower than modern pitch. Baroque pitch is A415, a semitone lower than A440. ![]() Pitch, but many orchestras tune sharper than this. If you are playing with other instruments, you may need to be particularlyįussy about the exact pitch of the a'. Here are the three processes you need to go through to accomplish your tuning:ġ. ![]() Tuner, or a tuning app, as well as an appropriate tuning hammer for your instrument. You will need a reliable pitch source like a tuning Magic moments: It is my time, and my space, and offers the best possibility ofĬoming to know the instrument in its surroundings. Tuning a fine early keyboard instrument before a performance is one of life’s great Little in common with tuning a piano, in fact. ![]() It has a few more strings than a violin or guitar,īut you are equipped to be able to do it, and as an instrument, it has precious A harpsichord is more akin to a violin or guitar,Īnd, yes, it must be tuned. Tuning a harpsichord is not overly difficult, so first of all you must get CBH Technical Library - Tuning III - Harpsichord ![]()
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