Robert Conrad, Registered Piano Tuner/Technician, Tucson, AZ
Library Files or .LIB files are the type of files used by the Sanderson AccuTuner IV’s ‘Extended’ Memory. This upper memory or ‘Extended’ memory greatly expands the capacity – the number of tunings – that can be stored in the SAT IV. This video will show how to use and work with Library files and Piano Manager for storing and retrieving tunings in the Extended memory of the SAT IV. (Post contains Video)
Piano Mapping and Tuning Workflow Overview Introduction This section provides a detailed walkthrough of the process for mapping and tuning a piano using the Littau-Conrad (LC) Spreadsheet in conjunction with the SAT system. The workflow focuses on establishing reference points, entering target tunings, making necessary adjustments, and exporting the finalized tuning for use with the…
Piano Tuning Workflow Using the Littau-Conrad Spreadsheet and AccuTuner Introduction This section provides a comprehensive overview of the process involved in creating and refining a piano tuning utilizing the Littau-Conrad (LC) Spreadsheet. The workflow encompasses entering tuning targets, performing detailed adjustments across multiple spreadsheet tabs, addressing rounding errors, shaping the tuning curve, and finally saving…
Even the smoothest set of software-created numbers for the prime octave’s tuning ‘curve’, will often not be a good fit for the piano.
Because we can’t use the same partials to tune A0 and C8, there must be at least one partial change in every tuning software system. All tuning software systems contain partial ‘changes’. Whenever the software switches from one partial to another during the course of the tuning, an error at that partial change is very likely. Since every partial change is a potential tuning issue, the fewer partial changes the better. The higher partials are less reliable then the lower partials.