[CAUT] P-12ths was: Tuning a Steinway D and a Bosendorfer Imperial together

[Kent Swafford]

Now it's my turn to be skeptical. "Superb tuning every time on every piano"?
That's a lot of pianos!

A strict P12th tuning would yield very different tunings on a Bosendorfer
and a D. The two pianos wouldn't match, and I suspect the Bosendorfer would
sound fairly miserable in the high treble.

As Fred has pointed out, more stretch is needed in the bass on most pianos.

And someone else pointed out that a strict P12th tuning might be too wide in
the tenor if the inharmonicity is too high there.


Kent



On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Richard Brekne <ricb at pianostemmer.no>wrote:

>  Tho the P-12ths approach if strictly executed yields an interesting result
> that deserves a closer look. Its the first <<stretch>> priority I've ever
> run into that when strictly followed guarantees a by any standards superb
> tuning every time on every piano. An ETD can be designed to read a pianos
> inharmonicity... take advantage of this characteristic with the P-12th
> tuning and offer such a tuning on each piano leaving the tuner able to
> simply follow the dial without further ado... again para-inharmonicity
> aside.  And I say this being a person who has stood firmly rooted in the
> aural tradition and am on record countless times underlining the need to
> keep the ears turned on.  I still stand there... but I do see this P-12ths
> approach for what it is.
>
> Cheers
> RicB
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