Sometimes they'll do A435 or A442 or whatever, but A440 is, in most cases, the standard. If you put it, stick it on here and you only have one hand available, so that's the reasoning that I used between sticking in between my teeth and it usually works pretty good. The other thing is that it frees up your hands so that one hand can be playing the note and the other hand can be turning the tuning lever at the same time. Don't do that if you're borrowing a friend's tuning fork, because they might not appreciate that you stuck it in your mouth and also, maybe use a clean tuning fork if you're going to put it in your mouth.īut that seems to work because what that does is, that vibrates the sound so you can hear it better in your head at least from my experience. 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.
#Blued steel a440 tuning fork how to
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.
#Blued steel a440 tuning fork series
After using a tuning fork, clean with a soft cloth and store in a dry place to prevent corrosion.Setting A440 to a Tuning Fork (Piano Tuning) Welcome to our Series on Piano Tuning and Repair. To keep the tuning fork more accurate, please do not tap it with metal. Note: There are small differences in tuning fork measurement is normal, please understand. Specifications: Pitch: A 440 Hz, Material: Steel, Handle length: 1.5 inches, Fork length: 3.35 inches, Tuning fork diameter: 0.18 inches, Total length: 4.72 inches. Suitable for musicians or teachers, or science lovers, etc. Suitable for any instrument which can be tunable, but most commonly used with stringed instruments. It comes with softshell case storage and a piece of cleaning cloth to protect the tuning fork. It delivers a clear tone, longer sound, and accurate tuning. These violin & guitar tuner fork are made of high-quality steel, polished and plated.
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