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The new edition of the leading textbook and most comprehensive
source available for both practicing piano tuners and academic
researchers, on the theory and practice of piano tuning. By the
former Royal National College lecturer in Piano Technology and
Tuning Theory. 680 pages, with over 300 illustrations and tables.
The book covers in-depth theory and practice from elementary to
advanced level. It answers common questions raised by students of
piano tuning about the actual soundscapes and behaviour of piano
tone that are encountered in tuning practice. It is suitable for
both students and professionals of piano tuning, general readers,
and academics with interdisciplinary interests in the subject.
Includes: Why we need skilled piano tuners Intonation and tone The
distance between theory and the art Theory of sound Temperament
theory Elementary "traditional" tuning and beat rate theory What
contemporary acoustics reveals What attenuation is, and why it is
so important Beyond the 19th century model - How "beating" and
"beat rates" really work Beyond the 19th century model - How
tempered intervals really behave in fine tuning False beat
phenomenon and its influence The effects of bridge coupling How
real tone- envelopes behave in fine tuning Inharmonicity and small
piano syndrome What octave stretching is, why, and how it works
Setting the pin - the theory behind it and how to practice it Scale
plasticity, logic, and tuning technique Psychoacoustics and how to
listen Contents: Acknowledgments Piano tuning and this book Part 1
- Background Theory The invisible art and science The essential
ideas Sound Temperament Theory "Traditional" piano tuning theory
and elementary practice The soundscape, spectrum and tone Partial
decay patterns Part 2 - Fine Tuning Practice Unison Tuning Tuning
the Scale Octave tuning Setting the Pin Setting the pitch Small
piano syndrome Hearing The Kirk Experiment Part 3 - Advanced Theory
The single piano string in one plane The Weinreich Model Two
strings, two planes The Trichord Further comments on false partials
Inharmonicity Glossary of key concepts Select bibliography
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