Upright and grand piano tuning

Upright and grand piano tuning is the latest of the elementary books for piano technicians. The textbook is very suitable for self-studies. It describes the crooked historical path towards our modern piano tuning method. In a very simple way it describes how to learn piano tuning, both theoretically and practically. Suggestions are made about which tuning tools to use. The textbook also teaches intervals, about the ear, how to protect ones hearing, audiology, room acoustics, musical instrument acoustics, string scale design etc. Each chapter ends with questions to review covered areas.
The 472-page textbook with ca 200 illustrations was first published in 2003.

Languages: The book is at present available in Norwegian, ISBN 82-05-31430-6, price SEK 795.00 incl. Swedish VAT. It is estimated to be translated and printed in German by 2006. There are advanced plans on an English edition.