---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Sounds like a voicing problem not necessarily a scaling problem. Greg Tony Caught wrote: > List A music teacher in Darwin has just bought a new Ronisch piano. > Approx. 125CM high, made in Leipzig, Germany by ???. Not Ronisch. Has > a Renner action, lovely cabinet but the bass. I can't say lousy choice > of piano, she paid cash to a major store in Sydney, played the piano > several times before deciding, all the right things but. I tuned the > piano yesterday (raised pitch from 20 cents to 65 cents flat) and she > played it after and said 'C1 doesn't sound right' Checked it by ear > and all is OK, asked her what she thought was wrong to which she > replied that it 'sounded more like a G note' asked her how her pitch > recognition was to which she replied 'pitch perfect' switched on > computer and clicked onto the new TuneLab Pro, played C1 and checked > the partials. Partial 3 = 100 partial 4 = 45.. Showed this to customer > and explained that the fundamental is very low (absent) in the lower > bass but the harmonics are very rich, what she is hearing is the 3rd > harmonic of C which is G. Tuned the note up, she tested, tuned the > note down, she tested, put it back where it was, she tested and said > now its OK. I didn't like the scaling of the bass, the treble was OK > but the bass ? Question. Why is this C1 note so heavy on the 3rd > partial and so low on the 2nd and 4th. And, how can you increase the > 2nd and 4th to make it sound like a "C" note. ? Tony Caught ICPTG > Australia > caute@optusnet.com.au -- Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté 12970 Harlon Ave. Lakewood, Ohio 44107 216-226-3791 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/dc/ab/65/35/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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