Why It's Impossible to Tune a Piano
91,867Pianos can't be perfectly tuned - it's a mathematical fact!
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Equal tempered tuning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_temperament
Just Tuning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_intonation
Harmonics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic
Pythagorean vs Just Tuning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaYOwIIvgHg
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