Robert, Amen to that! Top priorities are 1) Stability 2) Unisons 3) Stability 4) Unisons Everything else comes after that. And I think maybe the next on the list would be "overall stretch" in terms of effect on overall sound - which really means how well the whole web is woven, with consistent coincidence of partials throughout. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico --On Thursday, May 8, 2003 1:06 PM -0400 "Robert A. Murphy" <murphyr@msu.edu> wrote: > Hi Richard, Ed, Fred et al, > > Many good points on 4ths, 5ths, 10ths, 17ths, bass & treble stretching... > Perhaps one only too obvious, but, never-to-be-assumed "trite" interval > which I find the most elusive to control as a technician and the one by > which all the other intervals are judged by performer and listener, > alike, is the UNISON. > > The more concert work I do - whether tuning for artists and concert goers > in the Lincoln Center, Orchestra Hall [Chicago], Myerson Center [Dallas], > to University faculty or guest artist recitals and master classes, to > studio recordings... all the way to Mr. Cornwell's beginning Suzuki > studio recitals - the more I focus on having absolutely crystal clear, > rock-solid unisons as my primary objective from first note to last of the > performance. The amount of time I'm allowed over and above achieving > that goal is used to design and fill out a more colorful and intricate > tuning to best express what a given piano is capable of. > > Just a thought. Back to the practice room dungeons for > end-of-the-semester dunging out! > > Best, > Robert > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------- Robert A. Murphy > Piano Technician pager 517.232.0229 > Michigan State University office 517.355.3370 > E.Lansing , MI 48824 e-mail: murphyr@msu.edu > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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