Web Sites with Technical Documents

for Piano Tuners

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Yamaha U1 Piano
 
Yamaha Piano Dealer
We have over 50 Yamaha Pianos in stock ready for you to try!

Yamaha Silent Grand Pianos
 







Keys and Keyboard Compass
plus lists of octave Span's and Keyboard Compass - how many key are on a piano


Welmar Piano Factory Tour
A Textual and visual tour of the Welmar Piano Factory


The Speed of Sound in Wood


Five lectures on the Acoustics of the piano
Royal Swedish Academy of Music


Handbook For acoustic Ecology
An excellent reference book. Need to know the meaning of "bandwidth" or any other acoustic technical term, then this is the place.
by Barry Truax


Ciresa fiemme
Information on the wood used in making sound boards .


Anders Askenfelt
He is associate professor in music acoustics he has worked with automatic notation of played music, computer analysis of voice characteristics, the sound generation in the piano, the bowed string, and the physical properties of bows for musical instruments.


Russian research works on acoustics.
This site is a bibliography of research works onmusical acoustics, published by Russian (Soviet) scientists during more than a century (1885-1998).


Dr. Alexander Galembo Page
He is a physicist with extensive experience in pianoacoustics, particularly in applications of acoustics and psychoacouctics tothe piano technology and piano tone quality. He has a lot of paperspublished in Russian, including the book "Quality of piano tones", but hisrecent publications are available in English and on the net.


Tonal Properties Related to Construction

by J Mluthier


Dan Russell's Hammer Page
Dr. Russell is a physicist who is studying the acoustics of the piano hammer and the hammer-string interaction.


Value Added Rebuilding
Internationally recognised piano designer and builder Delwin Fandrich and his partner, piano builder Larry Graddy, offer you Piano Bellywork, Piano Action & Key Remanufacturing, Piano Soundboards and Ribs, Piano design & prototyping services for the trade.


Baldwin Vertical Leather Replacement
By Rob Kiddell


Vertical Bridle Strap Replacement
By Rob Kiddell


A series of articles
A series of articles on regulating and maintenance, some of which have been featured in the PTG magazine USA
By ANRPiano


TuneLab 97 Review
By Rob Kiddell


Glue Tips
By Susan Kline


How Humidity can Ruin Piano Tuning
By Dampp-Chaser Ltd


Re-shaping Factory Installed Grand Hammer Tails
By Rob Kiddell


Geometrical Methods in Stringed Keyboard Instrument Design and Construction
By Stephen Birkett and William Jurgenson


The effect of static balancing on the inertial properties of a piano key
By Stephen Birkett


Wapin Bridge System
The Magnetic Balanced Action.
Also, A new method for the reduction of the friction in a grand action: The Magnetic Friction Reduction.
By Hans Velo









Tuning Temperaments

Pure Fifth Temperament
Jim Coleman


Alternate Temperaments: Theory and Philosophy
Terry Blackburn


Comparison of Temperaments
Andrew Purdam


History of Tuning and Temperament
Howard Stoess


Introduction to Historical Tunings
Karl Gann


Understanding Temperaments
Pierre Lewis


Kirnberger III well-temperament
Joseph L. Monzo


Kirnberger III well-temperament
Joseph L. Monzo


Meantone and Temperament in Bach's Time
adapted by Ben chi from Daniel Pyle


Meantone and Temperament in Bach's Time
adapted by Ben chi from Daniel Pyle




Software



Sierra Software Services
Software for string scale calculations.






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