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                             STRICTLY TUNING
        
                            TABLE OF CONTENTS
        
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        MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR:
                  Personal message (two pages) 
        
        WELCOME TO "STRICTLY TUNING"
                  Author  biography  -Reasons to learn  tuning  (two 
                  pages) 
        
        Chapter One:
                  Musical   Knowledge  Required  for  Piano   Tuners 
                  (twelve pages)
        
                  a.   Noise and Music
                  b.   The Vibrating Piano String
                  c.   Producing Beats
                  d.   The Piano Keyboard
                  e.   Intervals
                  f.   A "Little" Math
                  g.   Equal Temperament
                  h.   Series of Partials
                  i.   Ratios
        
        Chapter Two:
                  Tuning Technique (seven pages)
        
                  a.   Tools needed
                  b.   Introduction to the Piano Parts
                  c.   Muting of Strings
                  d.   Tuning Hammer Technique
                  e.   How to Listen for Beats
                  f.   How to Set The Pin
                  g.   How to Use the Tuning Fork
                  h.   How to tune Unisons and Octaves
        









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        Chapter Three:
                  Setting the Temperament Octave  (nine pages)

                  a.   How to mute off the temperament octave
                  b.   How to set the pitches 
                  c.   ALL tests needed to check your work
        
        Chapter Four:
                  Tuning the Remaining "75"  (six pages)
        
                  a.   How to mute off the entire piano
                  b.   Tuning tests within the octave being tuned
                  c.   Major third/Tenth test
                  d.   Double Octave test
                  e.   Octave/Tenth test
                  f.   Octave/Minor seventh test
                  g.   Tips on Treble Tuning
                  h.   Definition of "False Beats"
                  i.   Why bass strings sometimes "buzz" and how  to 
                       stop it
        
        Chapter Five:
                  Pitch Raising and Lowering  (nine pages)
        
                  a.   Precautions to Take
                  b.   Why pianos go out of tune
                  c.   Humidity control
                  d.   Electronic tuning
                  e.   How to determine pitch by ear
                  f.   "Technical" info on determining pitches
                  g.   Raising pitch less than 1/4 step
                  h.   Raising pitch more than 1/4 step
                  i.   Pitch lowering
        
        Chapter Six:
                  Replacing a String:  (six pages)
        
                  a.   Tools necessary
                  b.   Treble string replacement
                  c.   Bass string replacement
                  d.   Loose tuning pins
                  e.   Cautions to take
        
        Appendix A:
                  Table of Equivalent Beat Rates (one page)
        
        Appendix B:
                  Theoretical Fundamental Pitches of All 88 notes
        
                  Frequencies of the First Eight Partials of Each
                  Note in the Temperament Octave (two pages)
        
        Appendix C:
                  Basic Musical Notation  (two pages)
        
        Bonus Book:
                  How  to  Accomplish  Anything You  Want  In  Life:  
                  (thirteen pages)
        





                                                          Contents 3

        Student  Information: 
                  More information on the course  (five pages)
        
        Registration Form:
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        Tape Locator:
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        tapes with the written text. (two pages)
        
        Other offers:
                  Please read this - you won't be sorry  (8 pages)
        
        Final Note:  That's it - my final note...