Star View license. Branches Tags. Could not load branches. Could not load tags. Latest commit. Git stats commits. Failed to load latest commit information. View code. Entropy Piano Tuner Information For general information about the software have a look at the homepage of the project. Building Quick instructions The fundamental workflow to complie the Entropy Piano Tuner is the following.
Install Qt for your platform. Follow the instructions of qtmidi to build the required midi plugin. As mentioned earlier, piano strings tend to go back to how they were if proper hammer technique is not used.
This is something that will take practice. It is a good idea to check your tuning after a day or two to see if any of the strings have gone flat again, to get feedback on how well you are using the tuning hammer, and to correct any needed notes. Now that your piano is tuned, take full advantage of it by playing it often and basking in the abundant harmonicity!
Question 1 year ago on Step 5. Is it possible that some keys can't be recordered the last 3 keys? The software just doesn't recognise it. Answer 1 year ago. Last three keys are not that critical. They don't even score us on those during the RPT exam. Just do those by ear. This is quite a complecated guide to tune a piano at the same time not everyone has the capability to do this I suggest just to have a piano tuner to tune your piano. Peace,play, enjoy your music.
Thanks for this, I got my piano for free like many others. I certainly didn't want to spend money on someone to tune an old, free piano and my one needed doing badly.
I did mine using this guide 2 months ago and it still sounds good. I am a piano tuner, and I have to at least mention that beginners should only try on old pianos they don't care about destroying. Reply 3 years ago. I think destroying is a bit of a strong word. I would think the worst that could happen is breaking a string or stripping a pin. Being out of tune is a temporary and fixable condition.
But I would agree that beginners may not want to start on a really nice piano. If you have any suggestions on how to properly set the notes beyond my basic explanation, I would welcome improving the article. I am a piano technician, but I only tune aurally. Since you seem to have success in tuning your own piano, you might wonder why some of us keep advising against DIY tuning.
Our career is to take good care of these instruments, experience matters and the range of knowledge is more than a DIY guide.
You welcome suggestions on setting pins, I don't even know where to start because there are many aspects to consider. Hammer technique and stability setting pins require a lot of practice ideally with feedback from mentors. Technicians spend years tuning hundreds and thousands of piano to obtain these skills, so it is really hard to imagine tuning a piano with just a short guide.
It is certain that, beginner tuning would not hold tuning for long. Depending on how one uses the tuning lever, one might strip the pins rapidly, or damage the pinblock.
Then the piano would really not hold a tuning, even with proper technique. I suppose this is a way to "destroy" a piano. Some people use tools other than tuning levers to turn the tuning pins, this risks damaging the tuning pin surfaces and might prevent the piano from proper tuning. I understand that most people want to save the tuning cost, but the price to repair unnecessary damages is often way higher than a few quality tuning service.
Question 3 years ago on Step 5. I'm having trouble getting samples of good quality. Im using a condenser microphone through an audio interface into my pc.
I have tried 10 times and nothing seems to work. Any advice? Answer 3 years ago. In my experience with Entropy, it is okay if not all the notes have a green quality indicator. Some will be better than others; in particular the upper range tends to be much worse. If you're having trouble getting it to recognize the pitches correctly, there is a way to manually tell the program which key you are recording.
Another potential problem could be background noise. If people are talking or making noise nearby, the program will struggle to identify the keys played and you may lose some accuracy. I may be able to give you more specific help if you can tell me more detail about what behavior you're seeing in the program. I'm also a piano tuner. They all have their pros and cons, but Entropy was by far the most difficult to use and produced the least desirable tunings.
I'm a piano tuner as well. It beats listening for beats! To tune your piano, you will need the following equipment: tuning hammer mute s computer with an internal or external microphone, or a smartphone Make sure the tuning hammer fits the pins well, so that you won't be stripping them as you turn them.
Choose a note with 3 strings to tune. To start, the ones in the middle of the keyboard are easier. Decide which string to use as a reference to tune the other strings to.
Mute one of the strings see picture. This is done so that you only hear the string you're tuning and the string you're using as a reference.
Place the tuning hammer on the tuning pin for the string you are tuning. The handle should be pointing roughly parallel to the strings toward the inside of the piano. Pull the hammer to bring the string slightly sharp of where it should be. Move the hammer back the other way until the string is in tune. As you do this, listen to the sound of the two strings carefully. When they are far out of tune, you will hear a fast beating in the sound, which will slow down as they approach the same pitch.
If they are perfectly in tune, there will be no beating at all. Once the two strings are in tune, mute the string you just tuned, and unmute the remaining string. Repeat the process for this string. Notes: The method of bringing the string into tune from the sharp direction helps the pin to stay where you put it. If a string is flat and you simply bring it up to pitch by increasing the tension, it will tend to loosen on its own after a short time like a spring unwinding, but slower.
Having the tuning hammer parallel to the string reduces the amount that your twisting motion can tilt the pin forward or backward, which would change the tension on the string until you release pressure on the hammer, causing error in the tuning. It is better to use quick, short movements of the hammer, rather than long, steady ones. This improves the tuning stability.
When you are starting out, you may need to move the hammer more slowly to practice listening to beating and train your ear to identify when strings are in tune.
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