Recorded Classes


BY SUBJECT:

Tuning A4 using an ETD and DSU

Basic Stability

False Beats

Stretch


BY STUDENT(s)

Stephen (Started November 2020)

Feb. 8, 2021

Cobi and Brendan (Started November 2020)

Nov. 23, 2020

Nov 27, 2020

Feb. 5, 2021

Tom and Nathan (Started March 2020)

May 7, 2020

Feb 12, 2021


False beats
Tuning Hammers
Massage up
Loose pins
Tuning the Skeleton - I do it.
Tuning the Skeleton - The website tests


This is a first lesson with John who has studied the traditional method. In this lesson we talked about how to make the traditional method work and we also talk about what makes the Go APE work better.


In this lesson we talk about tuning A4 to the ETD using DSU. We also talk about pitch raises.


This is a lesson where I tune the temperament of my Kawai Grand using the Small Scale Sequence. I explain how and why it's done


Tuning a Small Sequence Temperament

Older Format Below:

Class with Patti and Thomas
Me tuning the temperament up to D4, the Common Start.

Class with Nate, April 9, 2020
Octave Sizes, Inharmonicity, Intervals and Unisons, Unisons and Stability, Mismatched Strings, Fixing Unstable Strings, The Skeleton: Tuning Clean Unisons and Hearing Beats

Class with Robert P., Mike K., Feb. 22, 2019
Power of Go APE, Pianos with different inharmonicity, Robert's testimony, Weinreich Drift.

Class with Andy, Feb. 22, 2019
Tuning unisons, unisons that are too pure.

Class with Carolyn, Feb. 18, 2019
Power of Go APE, Beats and the Skeleton, Beat Speed Windows, DSU, NSL, Ear Training

Class with Robert and Steve, Feb. 12, 2019
Tuning above the temperament - medium Scale, fitting the M10 between the M3 and the M6, the check for the narrow P5, octave sizes, the self-correcting feature of beat speed windows, the Pure P12 -4:2 Venn Window

Class with Adlai and Paul, Feb 6, 2019
Small Scale sequence, self-correcting feature, SoundBeam, Stretch, The Go APE Method

Class with Andy, Robert and Steven, Feb. 5, 2019
Tuning a Medium Scale piano.

Class with Mike, Jan 31, 2019
Inharmonicity, DSU, One Pass Pitch Raise, Tuning a clean A4 trichord using DSU.

Class with Steve, Jan 29, 2019
Bending pins, friction, temperament analysis, used pianos

Class with Adlai, Jan. 23, 2019
Beat speed windows temperament sequence, watching Kingsbury temperament sequence.

Class with Holly and Patti, Jan. 22, 2019
Tightening a tuning tip, different sized tips, hammer technique, unisons, stability, NSL Tension, bending the pin.

Class with Paul, Jan 15, 2019

Class with Sam and Mike, Jan 11, 2019

Class with Robert P., Jan 10, 2019

Class with Robert T., Jan 8, 2019

Class with Holly and Caroline, Jan 8, 2019

Class with Sam, Jan 1, 2019
Fourths/fifths temperament, open unisons and P4, different style unisons, NSL and stability, temperament sequence, measuring P4 and P5.

Class with Caroline and Patti, Jan 1, 2019

Class with Robert P. Dec 20, 2018

Class with Sam, Dec. 12, 2018
Double String Unison, Venn Tuning, aurally measuring inharmonicity.

Class with Sam, Dec 4, 2018
Check Notes

Class with Sam, Nov. 10, 2018
Hook's Law, Slow Pull and hammer angle, Non-Speaking Length, pin settling over time, the Bend Test, the Aural Piano Tuning Workbook, measuring friction,

Class with Mike S., Oct. 8, 2018
Long non-speaking lengths, beat matching, measuring the octave, the skeleton, confirming the "window"



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