[CAUT] Slob tunings that improve by themselves

[Jim Busby]

Hi Mike,

I suppose some tuners do it and won't admit to it... especially when you
call it "slob tuning". <G> 

I've taken convention classes where it was not "advocated", per se, but
a case was made for its possible use. One class was called
"Pre-Stressing Your Tunings". I won't mention the instructor's name.
Look up past institutes and you might find them.

Have I tried it? Yes. Do I espouse it? No. (Ditto Dave Porritt) However,
the class was convincing that in some circumstances you might want to
consider it. It seems the variance (slop) introduced was hardly
perceptible but the tuning "stretched" (not conventional use of the
word) in certain places which gave the perception of staying in tune
longer. 

Jim Busby RPT



-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Michael Jorgensen
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 10:04 AM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: [CAUT] Slob tunings that improve by themselves


     Do any of you intentionally mistune pianos using offsets to
counteract
what you anticipate the different registers and strings within a unison
will
do as humidity changes?
    I believe there is a time a place for everything, including this,
and am
wondering what strategies you are using.
-Mike Jorgensen