Any interest for a piano tuning software?

G

grandpa

Hello,

During the pandemic isolation I decided to try to learn playing the old piano we have. But first it needed tuning. So I searched and found a free GPL software that ran on Windows, bought a cheap piano wrench and used it and the software to bring the piano in tune. It worked well and I was pleased but I never really learned how to play :)

Now many years later I thought it could be time to check the tuning again. Looking for the software I first couldn't find it and by accident I stumbled across the source code for it at GitHub - https://gitlab.com/tp3/Entropy-Piano-Tuner.

Readme says clone, install Qt6, load in QtCreator so I took a quick decision to do that on a GhostBSD. One GhostBSD install, two small changes in a couple of config files and installation of some Qt packages later it compiled and the debug-build runs just fine. Tested it recording, analysing and tuning, all looks good.

This is where I could stop. I got it running fine, it's for my own personal need. With AIs creating music who would want to tune old pianos?

However, it is a unique piece of software. And it's free with GPL.

So is there any interest in making this a port for FreeBSD? Is it worth the hassle and the maintenance over the years? Do FreeBSD users keep their pianos in tune? :)​

/grandpa
 
SirDice said:
At least one person, you 😁


Depends. How many updates are they pushing out? A lot of the times its as simple as changing the DISTVERSION and updating the distfile.
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From the GitHub commits log it looks like the original authors did most of the work 2015-2016 and after that it's minor fixing with migration to Qt6 in 2025 Feb. Feels mature. I was quite surprised when it compiled after two small changes in the configs.

My knowledge of ports goes as far as changing directory to /usr/ports/portname and then make install clean. Also I took a shortcut using GhostBSD to install QtCreator which probably complicates things? And I have never used QtCreator before either.

Reading the https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/ is scary. I would need some serious help to understand how to proceed.
 
Years ago I had a friend who was blind. He was learning to become a piano tuner which seemed like a great job for a blind person. We were at another friend's house who had a piano.
"What key is this?" someone asked as they pressed one.
"D!" he said.
"What about this one?" again the test.
"F!" he said.
Then came the fun part. "What about this?" as they pressed three keys at once.
"A, C and G!"
Of course he was right.
 
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