Skip to main content
Topic: Why You Can Never Tune a Piano (Read 13 times) previous topic - next topic

Why You Can Never Tune a Piano

Why You Can Never Tune a Piano

[html]Grab a cup of coffee, put on your thinking cap, and start working through this video from Minute Physics, which explains why guitars, violins and other instruments can be tuned to a tee. But when it co*es to pianos, it’s an entirely different story, a mathematical impossibility. Pianos are slightly but necessarily out of tune. […]
                              




   



Grab a cup of coffee, put on your thinking cap, and start working through this video from Minute Physics, which explains why guitars, violins and other instruments can be tuned to a tee. But when it co*es to pianos, it’s an entirely different story, a mathematical impossibility. Pianos are slightly but necessarily out of tune.


If you would like to sign up for Open Culture’s free email newsletter, please find it here. Or follow our posts on Threads, Facebook, BlueSky or Mastodon.


If you would like to support the mission of Open Culture, consider making a donation to our site. It’s hard to rely 100% on ads, and your contributions will help us continue providing the best free cultural and educational materials to learners everywhere. You can contribute through PayPal, Patreon, and Venmo (@openculture). Thanks!



Related Content 


How the Clavichord & Harpsichord Became the Modern Piano: The Evolution of Keyboard Instruments, Explained


What Does the World’s Oldest Surviving Piano Sound Like? Watch Pianist Give a Performance on a 1720 Cristofori Piano


The Making of a Steinway Grand Piano, From Start to Finish

[/html]

Source: Why You Can Never Tune a Piano (http://ht**://www.openculture.c**/2024/09/tune-piano.html)