What I like to do is, I put this end of the fork between my teeth. So I just use my knee and then, because it's usually pretty quiet you have to put the ball end there on a hard surface. You could, you don't want to necessarily do it on the case of the piano, because it can dent the wood, because it's pretty hard. Now, there's some different ways, so what you do it you strike the tuning fork on a hard surface. Here, we've got to show you first, with the standard traditional tuning fork. I've talked in other videos about reasons why you may want to tune below a standard pitch, or above standard pitch, depending on the season, or for different reasons, but that's another topic.Īnyways, today we're going to be showing you how to do it. Now, some say, well why do you have to tune to any standard at all? Why not just start wherever A4 is and tune the rest of the piano to that? You could do that, but if it's below pitch or above pitch, or whatever, it's good to usually bring it back to where it should be. So, a couple different ways, but setting your first note to start with is the first step that you're going to be doing when you're tuning by ear. Then we'll also show you an electronic tuning fork, which you can get on your ipad or your smartphone or that type of thing. Here we've got a traditional, steel tuning fork. So we're going to show you a couple different options. Some people say, what's more common? I'm not sure what's more common, but I just know that A440 is what I generally use if I'm tuning by ear to use a tuning fork. Some will use the F or the C fork, but A440 is generally what I use. Now, some people use a different tuning fork rather than A440. The first step when you're tuning piano by ear is to set your initial note. I'm Steve Howard and we're going to be showing you today, in this video, how to set A440 with a tuning fork. Welcome to this next video from Howard Piano Industries. If you want to see more of our Piano Tuning and Repair Series, click here to access the entire playlist. We show both the traditional tuning fork and an electronic tuning fork as used on an iPad. In the demonstration video above we show how to set A4 to a tuning fork. The first step in tuning a piano by ear is to set your first note to a pitch source such as a tuning fork. Most electronic tuners will give you the option to set the Hertz.Setting A440 to a Tuning Fork (Piano Tuning) Welcome to our Series on Piano Tuning and Repair. For example, the New York Philharmonic uses 442 Hz. In 1955 A - 440 Hz was adopted by the International Organization for Standardization.ĭespite it being standard, there are still a number of orchestras that tune to different frequencies. The United States adopted A – 440 Hz in 1910 and many countries followed in 1939. He then traveled to different countries to analyze which pitches the forks were tuning to and offered A - 440 Hz as a compromise and standard. But in 1834, Johann Heinrich Scheibler invented a tonometer that contained 56 differently pitched tuning forks. Traveling vocal soloists would struggle immensely with the varied tunings from region to region.Įventually, tuning forks were invented but they also lacked a standard. The tuning could vary as wildly as a third above or below what is now standard. Primarily, cities would tune to the largest instrument-the organ-and well, every organ was made differently. Standard tuning is A - 440 Hz, which means that the A above middle C on a keyboard will vibrate 440 times per second.īut how did that become the standard? For centuries, tuning was ambiguous and varied from region to region. Only people with a discerning ear or perfect pitch will notice if the entire instrument is out of tune with standard tuning. Meaning, if an instrument is tuned consistently flat or sharp, it will still sound in tune when heard by itself. When you hear something that is “in tune,” what does that really mean? To most people, it means that what they’re hearing is in tune with itself. By Mark Wade, of Melismatics, Teacher and Assistant Director of Music Education at Twin Town Guitars
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