I'm with you John. Tune each piano as best you can to whatever is the pitch reference and everything will be fine! I done this many times. David I. From: "John M. Formsma" <jformsma@dixie-net.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Subject: RE: Tuning Two Together Date sent: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 20:32:57 -0600 Send reply to: pianotech@ptg.org > Newton et. al., > > Is this "standard procedure"? I've only had to tune pianos together once. > Had a 7' Baldwin, Baldwin console, and Aeolian Mason & Hamlin upright. What > I decided to do was to use the SAT and tune each to its own FAC numbers. My > thinking was to get each piano in tune with itself, and they would have to > blend together like that. What would have been best to do in this > situation? I thought about averaging FAC's, but the Baldwin 7' was a church > sanctuary piano, and it needed to be tuned for normal use. > > John Formsma > Blue Mountain, MS > > ********* > > Aurally tune the better piano VERY carefully then tune the second to > the first. Have the pianos keyboard t keyboard so you can cross > reference. Octaves and unisons are most important not beat rates > except on the first piano. Don't be surprised if the worse one sounds > not as good and the better one, this is inherent in tuning dissimilar > pianos together. > > If you are use an SAT take the measurements from each piano, > carefully, then average the Fs, As, and Cs and use those values for > the tunings. > > CHarge the price of tuning three pianos because of the extra time and > effort involved. > > Newton > > Johannes28@AOL.COM wrote: > > > > Seasons Greetings to All!! > > > > I have a question about tuning two grands of different sizes to each > other. > > These pianos are played together. One is a little tiny 4 foot piano, the > > other a 6 foot. I know that if one is careful about setting them both to > the > > fork EXACTLY, and being very careful about temperament setting, the two > > pianos should sound ok together. (Though extreme regions may not be in > tune > > due to the differences in scaling.) > > > > I've also heard that to really make sure they are going to be in good tune > > together with no funky wolves, you should get someone else to play > > temperament notes on the already tuned piano and compare the second piano > to > > it as you set your temperament. > > > > Anyone got any other ideas about how to make sure they come out perfect? > And > > don't tell me to buy an SAT, I don't have the bucks for that!!! > > > > Have a great season! > > > > Johannes28@aol.com > > David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA ilvey@jps.net
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