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TONAL REGULATOR

Specialty Definition: TONAL REGULATOR

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Occupations

Tunes pianos in private and public establishments, using tuning fork and tuning hammer: Removes board from front of piano to expose strings. Places strips of felt or rubber between strings nearest to string to be tested to mute them. Strikes middle C and compares pitch with that of standard tuning fork. Turns string pin with tuning hammer to adjust tension on string until pitch of string and tuning fork correspond. Tunes remaining notes (strings) by comparing them with middle C and each other. May make initial adjustment of piano strings in factory [CHIP TUNER (musical inst.)]. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: TONAL REGULATOR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-l-l-n-o-o-r-r-t-t-u"

-4 letters: alternator, granulator, tetragonal.

-5 letters: granulate, gratulate, guarantor, outlearnt, regulator, tolerator.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TONAL REGULATOR


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F 4E 41 4C      52 45 47 55 4C 41 54 4F 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 01001110 01000001 01001100 00100000 01010010 01000101 01000111 01010101 01001100 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#78 &#65 &#76 &#32 &#82 &#69 &#71 &#85 &#76 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F 004E 0041 004C      0052 0045 0047 0055 004C 0041 0054 004F 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54494835462523941554635544952

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