>Interesting thought, using the 4ths as a vernier >for setting more exact fifths. It's what we do, >only maybe we didn't pay attention to it. I "temper" >fourths, fifths, and octaves all the way to the >top. I haven't concentrated on hearing fourths >carefully in the bass, however, especially in >the low bass. > >Susan I pay attention to it. I use the fourth/fifth check to the top, and in the bass as well, to quickly separate the random coincident garbage from the real coincident garbage and help decide (with the double and triple octave as necessary) which garbage to try and minimize. We are what we eat, and we tune what we find as best... You can always tell an expert by the number of decimal places at which they guess. Ron N
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