[CAUT] Piano tuners on different keys about technology

[Jeff Tanner]

On Monday, February 28, 2005, at 04:10 PM, David Love wrote:

>  I have gone away from the F3-F4 temperament
> because it is around F3 that smaller pianos have many of the scaling
> problems.

I agree.  But I'm not so sure that an aural tuning on really poorly 
scaled pianos always produces a better result considering the entire 
scale.  Sometimes I've caught myself going back through trying to 
aurally correct the bass and notice that it actually sounds best where 
the lights stop spinning.

Often, what I'll do on some pianos is use the FAC for F3 up to C8 and 
tune E3 to A0 either aurally or with the machine using the partial I 
wish to compare.  Sometimes on spinets I prefer the old F4 
calculations.  Works better in exactly the area you're referring to.

The machines sometimes produce results that don't fit OUR method of 
judging a tuning.  But listen to the entire scale of the piano before 
you pass judgment on the results.  Sometimes our ears are deceived.

Rarely : ) But sometimes.
JT