Piano Tuning: A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs
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If you have a note that has dropped in pitch, do you have to call in the tuner? A stuck key? Sympathetic rattle? Missing bridles? A broken hammer shank? An unglued ivory? The answer, in each case, is no: you can make all of these repairs yourself!This is the clearest and most complete book available for beginning tuners and amateur pianists. It explains all the basic processes practically and with model clarity. A non-musician can use this book without too much difficulty.You will learn how upright, grand, and square actions work, and how to take care of the smallest repairs — repairing stuck ...
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- J. CREE FISCHER
- PIANO TUNING
- A SIMPLE AND ACCURATE METHOD FOR AMATEURS
- DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. NEW YORK
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- LESSON I.
- INTRODUCTION.
- LESSON II.
- GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PIANO; SOMETHING OF ITS EVOLUTION AND HISTORY.
- LESSON III.
- TECHNICAL NAMES AND USES OF THE PARTS OF THE UPRIGHT PIANO ACTION.
- LESSON IV.
- ACTION OF SQUARE AND GRAND PIANOS.
- LESSON V.
- REGULATING AND REPAIRING.
- LESSON VI.
- REGULATING AND REPAIRING.(Continued.)
- LESSON VII.
- THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF PIANO TUNING.
- LESSON VIII.
- THE TEMPERAMENT.
- THE FISCHER SYSTEM OF SETTING TEMPERAMENT.
- LESSON IX.
- SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS IN TEMPERAMENT SETTING.
- LESSON X.
- THEORY OF THE TEMPERAMENT.
- LESSON XI.
- THE TECHNIQUE OR MODUS OPERANDI OF PIANO TUNING.
- LESSON XII.
- MATHEMATICS OF THE TEMPERED SCALE.
- LESSON XIII.
- RATIONALE OF THE TEMPERAMENT. (Concluded from Lesson XII.)
- LESSON XIV.
- MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS PERTAINING TO THE PRACTICAL WORK OF TUNING.
- LESSON XV.
- MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS PERTAINING TO THE PRACTICAL WORK OF TUNING, REGULATING, AND REPAIRING.
- LESSON XVI.
- TUNING AND REPAIRING THE REED ORGAN.
- LESSON XVII.
- CONCLUDING PROFESSIONAL HINTS.
- FOOTNOTES
- INDEX.
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