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How to Tune Pianos

The Hobby, Skill, and Career of Piano Tuning

By Mark Cerisano

Ear Training for Piano Tuners

When trying to figure out what people really need to work on to aurally tune pianos well, I discovered something incredible:

"If you can clearly hear the beats, and you have an accurate and stable way of setting the beat speeds, you can tune a piano to a very high level."

Double String Unison and Non-Speaking Length Tension Analysis give you the accurate and stable way to set the pitches, and this Ear Training Course trains and tests your hearing so that you can clearly hear beat speeds while tuning. 

Take the FREE lessons below and you will see why these lessons are so powerful in helping you progress so you can clearly hear beat speeds to set accurate and stable pitches.

When you are ready, click the PAYPAL button below to get Lifetime Access to ALL the Ear Training Lessons and Quizzes and All the Ear Training Lessons to come.

Ear Training for Piano Tuners
$497 USD

Introduction - FREE

Test Your Beat Speed Difference Sensitivity  - FREE

Tuning A4 (Obsolete. Look at Tuning A4 with ETD and DSU below)
Lesson 1 - Introduction - FREE
Exercise 1 - Tune A4 to fork directly - FREE
Lesson 2 - Why tuning A4 directly to the fork doesn't work well - FREE
Lesson 3 - Using the F2 check note for more accuracy - FREE
How The Tests Will Work From Now On  - FREE
Exercise 2 - Tune A4 Using F2 - Level 1 - FREE
Exercise 3 - Tune A4 Using F2 - Level 2 
Exercise 4 - Tune A4 Using F2 - Level 3
Lesson 4 - Different Beat Speeds in One Interval
Exercise 5 - Tune A4 Using F2 - Level 4
Exercise 6 - Tune A4 Using F2 - Level 4b

Tuning A4 at 0 Cents Using DSU and an ETD
Lesson 5
Exercise 6

Unisons
Lesson 6 - What is an In Tune Unison?
Lesson 7 - What is an Out-of-Tune Unison?
Exercise 7 - Tuning a Unison - Level 1
Exercise 8 - Tuning a Unison - Level 2
Exercise 9 - Tuning a Unison - Level 3
Exercise 10 - Tuning a Unison - Level 4
Unison Assignment
Online Unison Test
Pair-Compare Technique
Pair-Compare Hearing Test

Tuning the Skeleton of Contiguous M3's, F3A3-A3C#4-C#4F4
Level 1 - SEE where A3C#4 is, and hear the filtered beats
Level 2 - Hear the filtered beats clearly
Level 3 - In this lesson the beats have been partially filtered
Level 4 - Use your ears to tune without any filtering
Level 4b - Start over every time you checked your score.

Tuning Octaves
Tune a Pure 4:2 by Ear
Tuning a Pure 4:2 - Level 1
Tuning a Pure 4:2 - Level 2
Tuning a Pure 4:2 - Level 3
Tuning a Pure 4:2 - Level 4

Selective Hearing Test
https://howtotunepianos.com/selective-hearing-test-short/

EAR TRAINING CHALLENGES 
Ear Training Challenge #2  - FREE
This page links to a series of tests that have no filtering, graphical, or other aids at all. See how long it takes for you to get to the last page. Try to beat the your best time.

Some More Resources to Help You Hear Beats

Use Ocenaudio to See and Measure Beat Speeds  - FREE
How to Hear Beats Speeds More Easily  - FREE
Spreadsheet to Help Measure Beat Speeds - FREE

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