Piano Tuning - A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs by J. Cree (Jerry Cree) Fischer
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LESSON IX. ~SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS IN TEMPERAMENT SETTING.~ ~Pitch.~--It is a matter of importance in tuning an instrument that it be tuned to a pitch that will adapt it to the special use to which it may be subjected. As previously explained, there are at present two different pitches in use, international pitch and concert pitch, the latter being about a half-step higher than the former. The tuner should carry with him a tuning pipe or fork tuned to 3C in one or the other of these pitches. The special uses to which pianos are subjected are as follows: 1st, As a concert piano.--In the opera house, music hall, and occasionally in the church, or even in a private dwelling, the piano is used along with orchestral instruments. All orchestral instruments are supposed to be tuned to concert pitch. The stringed instruments can, of course, be tuned to any pitch; but the brass and wood-wind instruments are not so adjustable. The brass instruments are provided with a tuning slide and their pitch can be lowered somewhat, but rarely as much as a half-step, while the clarinet should not be varied from its fixed pitch if it can be avoided. It is desirable, then, that all pianos used with orchestra should be tuned to concert pitch if possible. 2d, As an accompaniment for singing.--Some persons use their pianos mainly for accompanying. It may be that singers cannot sing high, in |
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