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Six myths about piano tuning

updated April 2006

 

Equal Temperament is not a myth

 

1. Piano tuners must have perfect pitch

 

3. An electronic tuning meter must be better than the human ear.

 

4. A piano is either in tune or out of tune.

 

5. A musical interval is either in tune or out of tune.

 

6. The Kirk experiment - musicians prefer out of tune unisons