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Friday, November 1, 2013

An Integrated-circuit Piano Tuner for the Equal-tempered Keyboard employing a tuneable fixed-coefficient digital filter (Hagee ca.1969)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
               
Published 1969 by  Michael William Hagee
         
About the Book
 
A study of the physics of the piano reveals that while the upper partials of the steel strings are the eigen-frequencies of the complex tone, they are not integer multiples of the respective fundamentals. To properly measure and tune these eigen-partials, a digital filter capable of sweeping a major portion of the audio-frequency spectrum had to be implemented. Such a filter, a tuneable fixed-coefficient digital filter, is discussed as well as a simple pole-zero design procedure for determining the required coefficients. Each module, including the frequency deviation detector and counter, the time-base generator, the digital filter, the reference frequency generator and the display and control module, of the proposed tuner is illustrated and discussed.
 
 
 
 
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(For general interest only. Not a recommendation. In the public domain)
 
 


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