Jim's Stretch

[barre41]

rmartin21@juno.com wrote:
> 
> Jim
> 
> Tuned two grands this AM using your suggestions for stretch tunings. One
> was a Baldwin L and the other a Young Chang G157.
> I was frankly amazed how close the tunings were to my own aural tuning
> which undoubtedly means that I've been stretching like crazy anyway.
> snip
> Any suggestions on the Chang or the Baldwin studio in so far as changing
> settings other that the A?
> 
> regards
> 
> Ralph
I am answering this to get some comments on the procedure I have been
using when I find a piano with wild FAC readings. I just don't trust
them and believe that they are a sign of bad scaling. Therefore I revert
to the original stretch tuning we used before FAC came out. This gives
you a good temperment in the middle of the piano and the extremes are
tuned to that. Is there a better way than this?

Norm Barrett
Memphis, TN