have gone through the entire system and arrived at the last fifth,
1F-2C, you should find it nearly as perfect as the rest, but you will
hardly be able to do so in your first efforts. Even old tuners
frequently have to go over their work a second or third time before
all fifths are properly tempered. By this system, however, you cannot
go far wrong if you test each step as directed, and your first chord
comes up right. If the first test, G-C-E, proves that there is a false
member in the chord, do not proceed with the system, but go over the
first seven steps until you find the offending members and rectify.
Do not be discouraged on account of failures. No one ever set a
correct temperament at the first attempt.


QUESTIONS ON LESSON IX.

1. Define the terms, "International Pitch," and "Concert Pitch."

2. How would you arrive at the most favorable pitch at which to
tune a piano, if the owner did not suggest any certain pitch?

3. What is the advantage in using the continuous mute?

4. Tell what is necessary in the tuning of a string to insure it
to stand well?

5. What would result in the major third C-E, if all the fifths, up
to E, were tuned perfect?