Piano Tuning and Balancing Equations

PBS Learning Media
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PBS Learning Media
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
real world application piano actions weights measures touch weight metrology balance stepped weights ratios equation of balance data analysis problem solving WGBH Annenberg Learner Learning Math
Subjects
Mathematics
Grade Levels
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
Audience
Classroom Teacher / Educator
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Piano Tuning and Balancing Equations

Examine how one innovator is working to improve the way concert pianos are designed and tuned. This video focuses on the balance that needs to occur in an ideally tuned piano key and explores how David Stanwood calculated the balance range through data analysis of measurements and ratios, taking math out of the classroom and into real world problem solving.
Publisher
PBS Learning Media

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