Fw: Tuning

[Tony Caught]

Greg.

This message was undelivered. see note. So I hope you don't mind me putting
it on the list to also get comment and to let you know I did reply.

Regards

Tony


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----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Caught <caute@optusnet.com.au>
To: Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: Tuning


> Greg
>
> Tunelab and I think, all other ETD's only tune on one combination at a
time.
> Richard Brekne I think was asking for an ETD that can tune on two
> combinations at on time which is basically what I was after.
>
> Example as per TuneLab Pro dialogue, most aural tuners tune the bass by
6:3
> octave which as I said before "I THINK THAT THAT MEANS 6TH PARTIAL OF say
C1
> TO 3RD PARTIAL OF C2"      This is fine for tuning but as Bill Bremmer
said
> (I think) "In the bass you tune to the 6:3 octave and the Octave and a
> fifth"
>
> Now I will often  tune the bass by sounding C3 G3 pressing down the
sustain
> pedal then tuning C2 to the beat of the C3 G3 fifth.
>
> Tuning a piano in this fashion seem to my to give it the natural stretch
> that is required.
>
> To get an ETD that will do that should give you a tuning on any piano that
> to my way of thinking would be as good as, if not better than the average
> aural tuning.
>
> One can only guess at the new Veritune, it may well be doing just that.
But
> I doubt it as I think I just read "You still have to touch up the bass a
> little."
>
> Now at the age of 62, I am going a little deaf, but whilst I can still
hear
> these harmonics I am looking for an ETD that will tune with the same as a
> quality tuner without having to be touched up.
>
> So I guess that all who use these ETD's (Including me at times) know that
> the tuning is OK for house work but would you use it on a D model for a
> concert as it is. ?
>
> Tony Caught ICPTG
> Australia
> caute@optusnet.com.au
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net>
> To: <caute@optusnet.com.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 7:18 AM
> Subject: Tuning
>
>
> > Tony,
> >     It sounds like you're talking about TuneLab. The older version (not
> > the one just out) has what you are talking about on the templates page.
> > You can set it to favor any intervals you like best.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > "I would like to see a template written for a ETD that takes into
> > consideration the         tuning of octaves based on the octave and
> > the octave and a fifth with the tuned note set at that point equally
> > between the two beats.  Does that make sense ?."
> >
>
>