Greetings, I wrote: << I punched up the octave stretch so that the last note was 20 cents sharper than a straight FAC tuning. NOBODY noticed!!!!! Dave asks: >>Where did C8 end up? It ended up 55 cents sharp, as opposed to the 35 cents I normally see on the SAT. And was also asked: >>You mean to tell me that you tuned the whole octave sharp? Gradually, I assume. And nobody noticed? Yes, that is right. >> They must have not said anything because they held you in such high esteem, but secretly, they're probably whispering " I think he's starting to lose it" after you left.>> No, when a tech charges enough, nobody whispers. This was in a performance environment, (Vanderbilt stage). I had been asked to make the top end "brilliant" for a certain faculty recital, so I stretched it up in the last octave. I left it there for the next three days, through continual use by a wide variety of pianists. The top octave being stretched so far is not the same as the pure fifths tuning. I only had two customers that like that sound,(jazzers, both). I only increased the stretch in the last 12 notes. I will also be really clear here about those frequencies. I am almost 50, have had a loud life, (hunting, racing engines, rock and roll bands, 26 years of tuning, etc). My hearing above is 3,300 Hz is down far enough so that while I can hear the top notes, (and pass the Guild tuning test), I no longer trust my ears up there for performance level work. There is often just too much money involved to take chances, so the SAT has been a real nice insurance policy. Regards, Ed Foote RPT
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