Thanks Dave for providing the aural tests for stretching (C8 tuned with C6). Most of the time I see people giving the number of cents sharp/flat. My only problem with that is that I can't afford an electronic device, so I am completely an aural tuner. As a result, I have little idea what 45 cents sharp sounds like as a stretch on a particular piano. I often tune the last octave so that the double octave + 5th is only slightly narrow. Then I make sure the single octave isn't beating wildly. I have always wondered how many cents sharp I am stretching in that octave. It must be reasonable because it worked for my tuning exam. Larry Beach, RPT Vancouver, BC Canada At 09:13 AM 12/15/2000 -0600, you wrote: >Ed: > >I wanted to compare with what I usually do. My normal "D" tuning leaves >C8 at 45 cents. That puts C8 as a 19th from F5. To me that's certainly >in the "normal" range. Most of the time (non concert tuning) I prefer C8 >as a double octave of C6, but that depends on the customer. > >dave
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