Suppose you took a lute and turned half the pegs up 5-15 cents,
and half the pegs down 5-15 cents, so that its tuning was com-
pletely clobbered.
Now suppose you handed the lute to a person who was very good
at tuning lutes, and knew all the tricks. Could he tune the lute
so that it would still
Herbert Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Could he tune the lute
> so that it would still be in tune 24-48 hours later?
maybe, it would be hard to do that for a piano, two tunings, maybe
three with some time in between would do the piano.
HOwever, we are neglecting something. Two days is a lot
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From: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 1:05 PM
Subject: Stability of tuning.
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>
> Suppose you took a lute and turned half the pegs up 5-15 cents,
> and half the pegs down 5-15 cents, so that its tuning was com-
> plete
