Conservative Octaves? (long)

Avery Todd ATodd@UH.EDU
Mon, 21 Oct 1996 10:17:47 -0500


Dean, Steve & others,

>CONCLUSION
>The master tuners need to agree on the method of checks before they go in
>and evaluate the piano which they master tune.  I would be of opinion
>that this information should then be provided the candidate for the test
>when it is given.
>
>With this bit of two cents I close,
>Steve from Florida

   I was under the impression that the candidates are told to tune beatless
octaves on the test, no matter how they tune normally. Is this correct? If
so, why would the master tuning have any stretch added?

Avery

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Avery Todd, RPT
Moores School of Music
University of Houston
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