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Topic: EverTune, could keep a piano in tune  (Read 2835 times)

Offline Bob

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EverTune, could keep a piano in tune
on: May 18, 2010, 10:43:07 PM
https://dvice.com/archives/2010/01/evertune-bridge.php

I saw an article on the guitar side.  It says they want to use it on piano.

I'm not sure exactly how it works.  I'm kind of having a hard time buying it if something is adjusting tuning but no human ears or even machine ears are involved.  It doesn't take much to make a string out of tune.
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Re: EverTune, could keep a piano in tune
Reply #1 on: May 18, 2010, 11:00:38 PM
An inventor/engineer named Don Gilmore in Kansas City has had a self-tuning mechanism for pianos in the works for years.  For some reason, it hasn't been brought to market (yet, anyway ... that I'm aware of).

I wonder if the technology of the EverTune system is similar (and, more importantly, if it can be retrofitted to the legions of pianos that are already out there).
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Offline horowitzian

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Re: EverTune, could keep a piano in tune
Reply #2 on: May 19, 2010, 05:23:18 PM
Gibson has had a 'robotic' Les Paul for years now. Pretty damn spendy, too. A little much to ask on a guitar that's already expensive. I'd rather tune myself, thank you very much.

The reason this works well on guitars is that the string tension is but a fraction of that on a piano. I can't see it being put on "classic" guitars like the Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster either. But I'm sure that they will try to cram it in.

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Re: EverTune, could keep a piano in tune
Reply #3 on: May 19, 2010, 05:35:07 PM
I was thinking that could prevent someone from using their ears as much for tuning.
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