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What the studies measured, and what it means at the stand.
Research on how string players actually tune, read for people who practise alone.
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Casals, measured note by note
The cellist who told his students the piano was the instrument out of tune, and what happened when someone measured every note of his Bach.
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Your tuner does not know what key you are in
A doctoral thesis on double bass intonation explains why that matters more than the tuner's accuracy, and why the same note asks for different precision in different keys.
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Fifty-three violin students, one piece, every note measured
A university study measured what conservatory violinists play instead of equal temperament. The years of study barely moved it, and the students could not hear it.