Chapter Two: Tuning Your Piano

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Chromatic Scale and Temperament
  • a. Mathematics of the Chromatic Scale and Intervals
  • b. Temperament, Music, and the Circle of Fifths
  • c. Pythagorean, Equal, Meantone, and “Well” Temperaments
• 3. Tuning Tools
• 4. Preparation
• 5. Getting Started
  • a. Engaging and Manipulating the Tuning Lever
  • b. Setting the Pin
  • c. Tuning Unisons
  • d. Sympathetic Vibrations
  • e. Making that Final Infinitesimal Motion
  • f. Equalizing String Tension
  • g. Rocking It in the Treble
  • h. Rumblings in the Bass
  • i. Harmonic Tuning
  • j. What is Stretch?
  • k. Precision, Precision, Precision
• 6. Tuning Procedures and Temperament
  • a. Tuning the Piano to the Tuning Fork
  • b. Kirnberger II
  • c. Equal Temperament (ET)
• 7. Making Minor Repairs (Voicing and Polishing Capstans)
  • a. Hammer Voicing
  • b. Polishing the Capstans