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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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