The current tuning software supports both Mac OS and Windows. Check out our website www.dirksprojects.com for a trial copy of Dirk’s Piano Tuner and further details on the supported operating systems.
I finished tuning my Grand Piano for the very first time yesterday...Very excited about what i did...it sounds perfect now..It took me about 4 hours and I think I did good for the first time...I thought it was going to be a guy job kind of thing but I did it easily( with a little bit of challenge on couple keys) ...I have another piano which I am going to tune tomorrow...Thanks for your help and advises /Mona
This is exactly what i was looking for to give me the confidence to tackle tuning my own upright piano. You're the best Dirk! And i love the Mozart ending
Amazing demonstration. Among with many other things, I tuned professionally for 36 years after a college BTEC HND until my hearing deteriorated (we listen to the high frequencies, harmonics and beating between unisons). With this system, anyone can tune a piano, including grands. A lot of my work in this field was recording studios and live venues. In that situ, speed is paramount. But,especially in the tri-strings, you can just get the one sting in tune and then tune the other two to it. Just get rid of the “wowing “ for the pure sound. That would really speed the process up. Well done. I really enjoyed your presentation and I’m sure it will be of endless help out there. Thanks.
The piano sounded good overall, I'm currently doing a degree in tuning repairs and restoration and we are being taught to tune strictly by ear which I think is important and will save time in the long term if your goal is to become a piano tuner.
This software tunes your piano to the equal temperament fitted with the optimal stretch calculated specifically for your piano. Each individual tone's frequency is calculated so each interval will get the right amount of beat. Every piano is different and this way every piano will get its own optimal stretch.
Tuning the treble: Octaves will sound fairly clean. Fifths will beat very slowly. Fourths will have a slow beat. Octave-fifths will sound fairly clean. Tenths will beat faster going up the keyboard. Tenths will beat a little faster than thirds. Seventeenths will beat faster going up the keyboard. Seventeenths will beat faster than tenths. Double octaves will sound fairly clean.
Thanks a lot for this video!! Our family has a old piano that was detuned for ages (15-20 years). We bought it dirt cheap from a church that would rather buy a new one instead of tuning the old. So we always assumed it would be way over our budget to get it tuned. As I like to fiddle with things myself (the more you know ;9) I finally looked up how to, and this makes it look quite feasible! So now I'm set out to this new project :)
You're right that during tuning the frequency of each string is compared with its desired frequency. The desired frequencies are different for each piano though. They are dependent on the type of strings, the length of the strings, the soundboard and many other things. Dirk's Piano Tuner records all keys (one string per key) so it can calculate the optimal frequency for each string. When tuning a piano manually (by ear) the human tuner does the same thing by checking and adjusting each interval.
@cris001kay - I agree entirely. I normally tune the middle string, un-mute the left, tune that then un-mute the right and tune that. Although, the A3 he did here didn't sound bad at all.
Hi! What is the purpose of calculating the stretch? Does it affect tuning in any way? You're tuning each string to the proper standarized frequency value anyway...
What I don't understand is: Why can't you just tune every string to a pre-determined frequency? Why does the software have to calculate anything at all?
Does anyone know what this guy means when he say's "the software calculates the maximum stretch"? Would this be for notes that are way out of tune and might snap if you tried to tune them to concert pitch immediately?
What is the point of the recording and calculation phases? Each string should be at a particular frequency, so why not just skip to the part where you adjust each string in turn?
Every piano is different. There is no "set tuning" that works for every piano. Heck, this process should be done for every instrument, but since other instruments, like guitar for example, has much much fewer strings and the construction of the guitar itself is so small and does not as easily as a piano disturb the sound's quality, it is easier to have a set tuning for them. The bigger the instrument, the more "Individual" of a tuning is needed. :3
because each piano has a certain character and tuning to concert pitch makes pianos sound artificial. that's what tuning by ear is for, or, software like this. I hope to tune my first piano soon :) but I only have an expensive powered mic and not sure how to connect that to a laptop yet
This was an extremely helpful video. I did have a question if you don't mind. It was difficult to see how you dampered the 1st and 3rd strings with the red velvet cloth. Can you explain a little bit of how you did this? Great video, thanks! I now have the courage to tune my mother's piano (40 year old piano never tuned).
Mostly star tips of new tuning hammers are not tightened, so you can do this in different ways: if you have an old tuning pin, you can clamb this into a wrench vise and tighten the startip on it. The second way is to buy a special tool, that is used for changing the tips and tighten the star tips with this.
Tuning the bass: Octaves will sound clean. Fifths will sound almost clean. Fourths will beat slowly. Minor and major thirds will beat faster going up the keyboard. Major thirds will beat slower than minor thirds (not always possible). Minor thirds will beat equal to major sixths (not always possible). Octave-minor sevenths will beat faster going up the keyboard. Octave-augmented fourths will beat faster going up the keyboard.
Hi, I was wondering what it was you used to mute the strings when you were testing the middle one? i saw a red thing in amongst the strings but i didnt catch any mention on what it was or how to set it up
I'm a professional piano tuner, and I agree it should be done to your own preferences. Software measures at a given interpretation of a standard, which is nice to get the pitch in the right ballpark. However, there is a small amount of preference and opinion involved, so when I use a digital tuner, I make sure to personalize it afterwards.
In the stretch screen you can set the desired A4 frequency prior to calculating the optimal stretch. The frequencies of all other tones will be adjusted accordingly.
Thanks a lot for spending your time to record this valuable tuning method. this help me to save money an learn how to tune my 6 years old daughters piano. Wish you best!!
You can also use two mutes and place them on the outer sides of the first and third string. See this explanation: www.dirksprojects.nl/index.php?Page=Tuner/ManualPianoTuning.php
Hi, when I start recording the lowest A note the software starts turning the lowest A# red, it thinks I am recording that one and will not record the low A.
Dirk this is absolutely brilliant, my partner has just bought an upright double iron frame and it is a little out of tune (I haven't seen or heard it yet as she lives in York, England and I live in Scotland) After seeing this video upload I believe the "Estimated" £350 quote I was given for a full tune up will not be required. If you have the slightest idea how a stringed instrument is tuned then this must make the case for me doing the tuning myself a whole lot easier, brilliant stuff.
I just bought my first piano and I have question. How do u know when to dampen the right 2 strings and the left?? Did I miss something? Lol thx for ur vid. I want to learn pisno soooooo bad.
@Stephen: This digital tuner uses the same tuning method as a human technician tuning by ear and it is easy to learn. The result is really impressive. Check out the website for detailed information. You can use the link below the video at the top of this webpage.
Tuning the temperament octave F3 - F4: The octave F3 - F4 will sound clean. Major thirds will beat faster going up the keyboard. Major sixths will beat faster going up the keyboard. Fifths will sound clean. Fourths will beat slowly. The three major thirds will beat close to 7, 9 and 11 bps.
Dirk, I am interested in your software. Question - when I record each key - I need to mute double and triple strings, so I could record the single string, then I calibrate based on the recording of the single string, or do I make a separate recordings of the other two strings? Sorry, I am absolutely new to this...
So each of the 3 strings per note has the same fundamental frequency, but presumably they have different harmonics to give a nice sound. Is that right?
I have to disagree on one point : piano technicians do more than tuning the piano, they check right working of the action and adjust it if necessary there is thousands of pieces in a piano who need care so this software can't replace the work of a technician/tuner. Morover it take a lot of practice to tune a piano and manage that it keep tuned in the long run so yes I agree that this software help you tune your upright piano but the professional standards may be reached only after years of practice. Nowadays piano tuner use software like these but they still have to learn how tu use a tuning hammer and everything important about temperament, harmonization, adjustment of the action and stability of tuning. And if you are interested in comprehension of tuning there is lots of good book about it (Reblitz, Julien Wolfs...)
i don't know why do you need every key to be previously recorded, if finally while tuning you will just compare the strings to the frequency. any reason?
This seems a little over complicated to me. Myself I don't even use a damper stick. I use a guitar pick and I pick each individual string so i can find out which one is out of tune. My pitch is perfect so i can tune the mid range keys with ease, I use a strobe tuner on the high and lower registers.
And here I am tuning my upright with a pair of vice grips holding a quarter inch extension socket... Where can I purchase a quality string crank thing?
Thanks Dirk! I found a nice piano but it was really out of tune so I decided not to buy it. Watching this video has changed my mind! Going to buy tomorrow :) Appreciate you!
After you tuned the first example string and unison, it sounded to me as if the unisons were NOT in tune--there was a slow roll. I personally have better success tuning the middle string to an ETD (or aurally) and then tuning the unisons by ear.
I am apro, and I may admit the ergonomy looks good. and you seem to have worked long to have that. For pro use some functions may be missing, and I may say that a regulation of the opening (or stretch) is the first thing that comes to mind, but may be you could avoid octaves width and use global level of consonance possible for that parameter, if you have the numbers at hand (what misses is the theory !) . To tune one may train to manipulate lever and to build tone, which is the true work.
This was very informative and helpful to learn the process of tuning the piano. However, I'm wondering why the step of recording the piano in the middle is even necessary? It looks like you're just using a chromatic tuner at the end anyway to tune the strings, I don't see any correlation to the middle recording step. Is there? Or could you just do the last part of the process tuning A to 440, etc?
Hello Dirk. This is an awesome vid. But I have a question: why I just can't use a chromatic tuner (like those used to tune guitars)? Why do I need to perform such an optimisation instead? Thanks! : )
The first recording is used to analyze your piano and calculate the optimal tuning for it. Every piano needs a slightly different tuning (stretch) to sound right. The piano technician does this by striking a lot of intervals and aligning them. To do this properly, a lot of experience is an absolute necessity. The tuner software calculates the purity of all possible intervals and aligns them. After this the strings can be tuned one by one. See the website for a detailed explanation.
Thank you for the Video, i have a some questions. 1. is Dirk Piano Tuner free to download? if not how much is it? 2. what are you hold in your hand? is it part of tuning piano or are you using it for your voice for the Video? 3. where can i get tuning kit and damper(not sure spelling) stick? how much are they? 4. The michrophone at foot panel, is it usb at the end? how does it connect to laptop? thanks
I don't understand the stretch part. I thought, that every single key, has a desired frequency, that should be the same in every piano. Why does this software calculate the desired frequency for the piano that is being tuned? Does that mean, that two different pianos played in a duo, may sound "out of tune"?
You answered my questions about how many strings per key. Great tutorial, thank you so much! Great playing of Mozart. I can't remember the name of the piece though. What is it?
I have never done this before. how much time do you think it would take for me to tune an early 1900s steinbeck, that hasn't played for 30 years. I haven't seen the strings yet, but it need incredible tuning. Also the keys don't seem to be played and the keys, once pressed, don't come back up again. Is there sth I can do about it, alone??
Gábor Gunity: Each piano is different. Specifically the harmonics produced by each tone determine how that particular piano needs to be tuned. Dirk's Piano Tuner records each key so it can calculate the optimal tuning for that particular piano. See the website for detailed information: www.dirksprojects.nl/index.php?Page=Tuner/piano_tuner_40.php
+Gábor Gunity because when you go to 'tunning' i'm guessing it will be more accurate to your pianos variable overall tone. using that curvature information you recorded when it tunes to a it does it regarding that tone line analyzed maybe.
Really cool software :) I have one question. When you are recording each note, do you have to mute the strings of the notes that have multiple strings? Thanks
Once again thank you so much for the video..I purchased a piano hammer online but when I start applying it on the piano if I move it clock wise it can tighten the strings but counter clock wise movement the hammer tip starts to unscrew it self and turns so it won't let me to do the job ...Do you know what should I do..?
Yes, the OS X (iMac and MacBook) version of the Piano Tuner is available now. Go to the website for the download: www.dirksprojects.nl/index.php?Page=Tuner/piano_tuner_40.php
The current tuning software supports both Mac OS and Windows. Check out our website www.dirksprojects.com for a trial copy of Dirk’s Piano Tuner and further details on the supported operating systems.
I almost had a heart atack when I saw the price of the software.
1:13 My family when they're listening me playing
Why am I watching this? I don’t even have a piano.
"sounds horrible."
* says emotionlessly *
I finished tuning my Grand Piano for the very first time yesterday...Very excited about what i did...it sounds perfect now..It took me about 4 hours and I think I did good for the first time...I thought it was going to be a guy job kind of thing but I did it easily( with a little bit of challenge on couple keys) ...I have another piano which I am going to tune tomorrow...Thanks for your help and advises /Mona
This is exactly what i was looking for to give me the confidence to tackle tuning my own upright piano. You're the best Dirk! And i love the Mozart ending
Amazing demonstration. Among with many other things, I tuned professionally for 36 years after a college BTEC HND until my hearing deteriorated (we listen to the high frequencies, harmonics and beating between unisons). With this system, anyone can tune a piano, including grands. A lot of my work in this field was recording studios and live venues. In that situ, speed is paramount. But,especially in the tri-strings, you can just get the one sting in tune and then tune the other two to it. Just get rid of the “wowing “ for the pure sound. That would really speed the process up. Well done. I really enjoyed your presentation and I’m sure it will be of endless help out there. Thanks.
The piano sounded good overall, I'm currently doing a degree in tuning repairs and restoration and we are being taught to tune strictly by ear which I think is important and will save time in the long term if your goal is to become a piano tuner.
This software tunes your piano to the equal temperament fitted with the optimal stretch calculated specifically for your piano. Each individual tone's frequency is calculated so each interval will get the right amount of beat. Every piano is different and this way every piano will get its own optimal stretch.
Tuning the treble:
Octaves will sound fairly clean.
Fifths will beat very slowly.
Fourths will have a slow beat.
Octave-fifths will sound fairly clean.
Tenths will beat faster going up the keyboard.
Tenths will beat a little faster than thirds.
Seventeenths will beat faster going up the keyboard.
Seventeenths will beat faster than tenths.
Double octaves will sound fairly clean.
Thanks Dirk..All I need to do is get software and tools, I look forward to seeing this video a few more times! I love TH-cam University Lol!
Thanks a lot for this video!!
Our family has a old piano that was detuned for ages (15-20 years).
We bought it dirt cheap from a church that would rather buy a new one instead of tuning the old. So we always assumed it would be way over our budget to get it tuned.
As I like to fiddle with things myself (the more you know ;9) I finally looked up how to, and this makes it look quite feasible!
So now I'm set out to this new project :)
You're right that during tuning the frequency of each string is compared with its desired frequency. The desired frequencies are different for each piano though. They are dependent on the type of strings, the length of the strings, the soundboard and many other things. Dirk's Piano Tuner records all keys (one string per key) so it can calculate the optimal frequency for each string. When tuning a piano manually (by ear) the human tuner does the same thing by checking and adjusting each interval.
@cris001kay - I agree entirely. I normally tune the middle string, un-mute the left, tune that then un-mute the right and tune that. Although, the A3 he did here didn't sound bad at all.
Hi! What is the purpose of calculating the stretch? Does it affect tuning in any way? You're tuning each string to the proper standarized frequency value anyway...
What I don't understand is: Why can't you just tune every string to a pre-determined frequency? Why does the software have to calculate anything at all?
Does anyone know what this guy means when he say's "the software calculates the maximum stretch"? Would this be for notes that are way out of tune and might snap if you tried to tune them to concert pitch immediately?
What is the point of the recording and calculation phases? Each string should be at a particular frequency, so why not just skip to the part where you adjust each string in turn?
Every piano is different. There is no "set tuning" that works for every piano. Heck, this process should be done for every instrument, but since other instruments, like guitar for example, has much much fewer strings and the construction of the guitar itself is so small and does not as easily as a piano disturb the sound's quality, it is easier to have a set tuning for them. The bigger the instrument, the more "Individual" of a tuning is needed.
:3
Every piano is slightly different so it needs to get the feel of it first.
Mandolinic good question it is because of the rails back curve that varies on different pianos a stretch tuning will need to be calculated
because each piano has a certain character and tuning to concert pitch makes pianos sound artificial. that's what tuning by ear is for, or, software like this. I hope to tune my first piano soon :) but I only have an expensive powered mic and not sure how to connect that to a laptop yet
Inharmonicity and stretch are different for every instrument. The computer is setting the temperament over information gained from the entire keyboard
This was an extremely helpful video. I did have a question if you don't mind. It was difficult to see how you dampered the 1st and 3rd strings with the red velvet cloth. Can you explain a little bit of how you did this? Great video, thanks! I now have the courage to tune my mother's piano (40 year old piano never tuned).
Mostly star tips of new tuning hammers are not tightened, so you can do this in different ways: if you have an old tuning pin, you can clamb this into a wrench vise and tighten the startip on it. The second way is to buy a special tool, that is used for changing the tips and tighten the star tips with this.
I must admit, you've done a great job. The other tune it yourself classes are a laugh and a half
Tuning the bass:
Octaves will sound clean.
Fifths will sound almost clean.
Fourths will beat slowly.
Minor and major thirds will beat faster going up the keyboard.
Major thirds will beat slower than minor thirds (not always possible).
Minor thirds will beat equal to major sixths (not always possible).
Octave-minor sevenths will beat faster going up the keyboard.
Octave-augmented fourths will beat faster going up the keyboard.
Very informative. Recently got my first piano and am looking forward to trying your software to assist me with the tuning. Thank you.
Wow, I'm going to try this one day. I'm going to buy an old piano for my children and I've always wondered about tuning.
How often do you have to tune your piano? And how long does it take on average?
Hi, I was wondering what it was you used to mute the strings when you were testing the middle one? i saw a red thing in amongst the strings but i didnt catch any mention on what it was or how to set it up
I'm a professional piano tuner, and I agree it should be done to your own preferences. Software measures at a given interpretation of a standard, which is nice to get the pitch in the right ballpark. However, there is a small amount of preference and opinion involved, so when I use a digital tuner, I make sure to personalize it afterwards.
In the stretch screen you can set the desired A4 frequency prior to calculating the optimal stretch. The frequencies of all other tones will be adjusted accordingly.
@192asso That's right. The piano tuner software calculates the optimal tuning for each chord. This way the piano gets tuned exactly right.
Thanks for playing “Alla Turca” at the end, that just the piece I’m playing these days, but my piano needs to be tuned. Great tutorial!
Thanks a lot for spending your time to record this valuable tuning method. this help me to save money an learn how to tune my 6 years old daughters piano. Wish you best!!
how do you mute the 1st and 3rd string ? didn't quite catch it in the video
You use the red felt ribbon and place it between consecutive notes thus touching and muting the 1st and 3rd string of the desired note
You can also use two mutes and place them on the outer sides of the first and third string. See this explanation: www.dirksprojects.nl/index.php?Page=Tuner/ManualPianoTuning.php
Hi, when I start recording the lowest A note the software starts turning the lowest A# red, it thinks I am recording that one and will not record the low A.
Your K for the half ton is 1.059515... WHY?
Dirk this is absolutely brilliant, my partner has just bought an upright double iron frame and it is a little out of tune (I haven't seen or heard it yet as she lives in York, England and I live in Scotland) After seeing this video upload I believe the "Estimated" £350 quote I was given for a full tune up will not be required. If you have the slightest idea how a stringed instrument is tuned then this must make the case for me doing the tuning myself a whole lot easier, brilliant stuff.
why do you need this specific software? Can't I just do it with my chromatic tuner?
I just bought my first piano and I have question. How do u know when to dampen the right 2 strings and the left?? Did I miss something? Lol thx for ur vid. I want to learn pisno soooooo bad.
Really good work, my respect!!!
I also use this tuner since the beginning and I'm very happy with it!!
Thanks at Dirk...:)
Sounds pretty good! You did a good job. Thanks
How do I pick proper tools for a particular 'older' console piano?
What mean "professional standard" in this case, please?
I have not watched a single second of this video nor do I have any concrete knowledge about piano tuning but 'quick and easy' has me on edge lol
What is the song he played at the end of the video ?
would love it if this was released as an app for ipad pleeeeeeeease.
that would be awesome
You're literally tuning a piano I don't think an iPad will be accurate.
@Stephen: This digital tuner uses the same tuning method as a human technician tuning by ear and it is easy to learn. The result is really impressive. Check out the website for detailed information. You can use the link below the video at the top of this webpage.
Tuning the temperament octave F3 - F4:
The octave F3 - F4 will sound clean.
Major thirds will beat faster going up the keyboard.
Major sixths will beat faster going up the keyboard.
Fifths will sound clean.
Fourths will beat slowly.
The three major thirds will beat close to 7, 9 and 11 bps.
1:02 That hurt to listen to...
Dirk, I am interested in your software. Question - when I record each key - I need to mute double and triple strings, so I could record the single string, then I calibrate based on the recording of the single string, or do I make a separate recordings of the other two strings? Sorry, I am absolutely new to this...
You do not need to record the other strings. The recording needs one string per key. For more info check the website at dirksprojects.nl
so happy I found this comment. this is EXACTLY what I was wondering. thanks so much for posting this and thank you Dirk for replying back!
@@DirksProjects OK, but are you sure that the inharmonicity of the other two strings is the same???
If it listens only one string per note, how do you tune the other strings from the same note?
What is That red thing in 4:30 ?
So each of the 3 strings per note has the same fundamental frequency, but presumably they have different harmonics to give a nice sound. Is that right?
How long does the whole process take? About 2 hours?
Damn it would have been prime if he actually said "one hour later"
so you have to tune every single one of those three strings for every key?
I have to disagree on one point : piano technicians do more than tuning the piano, they check right working of the action and adjust it if necessary there is thousands of pieces in a piano who need care so this software can't replace the work of a technician/tuner.
Morover it take a lot of practice to tune a piano and manage that it keep tuned in the long run so yes I agree that this software help you tune your upright piano but the professional standards may be reached only after years of practice. Nowadays piano tuner use software like these but they still have to learn how tu use a tuning hammer and everything important about temperament, harmonization, adjustment of the action and stability of tuning. And if you are interested in comprehension of tuning there is lots of good book about it (Reblitz, Julien Wolfs...)
Great Video i Just watched it on 150% speed and forgot it after a while and only realized it at the end when you were playing the Song at the end
What microphone are you using to record to computer ?
i don't know why do you need every key to be previously recorded, if finally while tuning you will just compare the strings to the frequency. any reason?
This seems a little over complicated to me. Myself I don't even use a damper stick. I use a guitar pick and I pick each individual string so i can find out which one is out of tune. My pitch is perfect so i can tune the mid range keys with ease, I use a strobe tuner on the high and lower registers.
You are a wonderful pianist
I want to get the software
What does your software do if the piano is a Bosendorfer with more that 88 keys?
And here I am tuning my upright with a pair of vice grips holding a quarter inch extension socket...
Where can I purchase a quality string crank thing?
Thanks Dirk! I found a nice piano but it was really out of tune so I decided not to buy it. Watching this video has changed my mind! Going to buy tomorrow :) Appreciate you!
what does the free trial include?
This is very thorough, thank you.
After you tuned the first example string and unison, it sounded to me as if the unisons were NOT in tune--there was a slow roll. I personally have better success tuning the middle string to an ETD (or aurally) and then tuning the unisons by ear.
whats the song at the end?
so for the keys with 3 strings you tune the outer left and right string but leave the middle one? how about the ones for the 2 stringed keys?
Love the German accent ... and if you're Austrian ... I mean no insult. I'm going to give your software a try.
I am apro, and I may admit the ergonomy looks good. and you seem to have worked long to have that.
For pro use some functions may be missing, and I may say that a regulation of the opening (or stretch) is the first thing that comes to mind, but may be you could avoid octaves width and use global level of consonance possible for that parameter, if you have the numbers at hand
(what misses is the theory !) . To tune one may train to manipulate lever and to build tone, which is the true work.
I know this video is 5 years old...but THANKS very much for putting this together!
great video and software. I think using software for tuning is much accurate than using ears.
Gracias por compartir con nosotros. Un saludo desde la Ciudad de México!
This was very informative and helpful to learn the process of tuning the piano. However, I'm wondering why the step of recording the piano in the middle is even necessary? It looks like you're just using a chromatic tuner at the end anyway to tune the strings, I don't see any correlation to the middle recording step. Is there? Or could you just do the last part of the process tuning A to 440, etc?
Hello Dirk. This is an awesome vid. But I have a question: why I just can't use a chromatic tuner (like those used to tune guitars)? Why do I need to perform such an optimisation instead? Thanks! : )
What size socket would you need to fit the tuning pegs? I really don't want to pay for extra tools.
The first recording is used to analyze your piano and calculate the optimal tuning for it. Every piano needs a slightly different tuning (stretch) to sound right. The piano technician does this by striking a lot of intervals and aligning them. To do this properly, a lot of experience is an absolute necessity. The tuner software calculates the purity of all possible intervals and aligns them. After this the strings can be tuned one by one. See the website for a detailed explanation.
which restrictions offer the testversion of your software?
what piece is the one you played on the last?
Probably a dumb question, but this works on grand pianos as well yes?
Very cool. They say you learn something new every day. Well, this is my "something" today.
bink bink bink .. 'sounds horrible'
that made me smile. thanks for the video!
Thank you very much for the sharing. For the initial recording, what string was recorded? Only the left one of each key?
Thank you for the Video, i have a some questions.
1. is Dirk Piano Tuner free to download? if not how much is it?
2. what are you hold in your hand? is it part of tuning piano or are you using it for your voice for the Video?
3. where can i get tuning kit and damper(not sure spelling) stick? how much are they?
4. The michrophone at foot panel, is it usb at the end? how does it connect to laptop?
thanks
I don't understand the stretch part. I thought, that every single key, has a desired frequency, that should be the same in every piano. Why does this software calculate the desired frequency for the piano that is being tuned? Does that mean, that two different pianos played in a duo, may sound "out of tune"?
You answered my questions about how many strings per key. Great tutorial, thank you so much! Great playing of Mozart. I can't remember the name of the piece though. What is it?
Perhaps the answer is already late but here it is: Turkish March.
Rondo alla Turca
I have never done this before. how much time do you think it would take for me to tune an early 1900s steinbeck, that hasn't played for 30 years. I haven't seen the strings yet, but it need incredible tuning. Also the keys don't seem to be played and the keys, once pressed, don't come back up again. Is there sth I can do about it, alone??
what's the purpose of recording each note? seemed like you just used the tuner to tune each string. what am i missing?
Hi, any chance of a download for Mac osx or ios?
For me is not clear, why i must record each piano key?
Gábor Gunity: Each piano is different. Specifically the harmonics produced by each tone determine how that particular piano needs to be tuned. Dirk's Piano Tuner records each key so it can calculate the optimal tuning for that particular piano. See the website for detailed information: www.dirksprojects.nl/index.php?Page=Tuner/piano_tuner_40.php
so the computer can tell you the right pitch to tune to
+Gábor Gunity because when you go to 'tunning' i'm guessing it will be more accurate to your pianos variable overall tone. using that curvature information you recorded when it tunes to a it does it regarding that tone line analyzed maybe.
Can you save different piano configurations, so you can go back and tune the same piano without having to record each key again??
@@DirksProjects But you use for that only one string! And you aren't sure that the other two strings are exactly the same....
Really cool software :) I have one question. When you are recording each note, do you have to mute the strings of the notes that have multiple strings? Thanks
How might one know if their piano is "un-tuneable? I've got a 1950 Chickering. Do they go by the date? Or is it simply how the piano is built?
check if ur piano is actually a fish first. if its not then you can tune it.
Once again thank you so much for the video..I purchased a piano hammer online but when I start applying it on the piano if I move it clock wise it can tighten the strings but counter clock wise movement the hammer tip starts to unscrew it self and turns so it won't let me to do the job ...Do you know what should I do..?
Hi. This program can also be used to tuning a cimbalom?
how to bring it back to 0? you just keep pressing the key and push the string?
So I'm supposed to tune all of the strings according to Equal Temperament…so easy, it'll only take 1-2 hours :)
one quick question, how do you connect your microphone to your laptop?
Is there a trial version for Apple Macbook Pro? The web site only seems to allow a trial version for Windows.
Yes, the OS X (iMac and MacBook) version of the Piano Tuner is available now. Go to the website for the download: www.dirksprojects.nl/index.php?Page=Tuner/piano_tuner_40.php
Excellent. One thing you didn't address is what order to tune in, tenor, bass, treble or whatever?
Please check out the explanation on my website: www.dirksprojects.nl/index.php?Page=Tuner/ManualPianoTuning.php
No importance. me i pref med treble bass (begining from medium.)