Stretch: was "Bloom"

[Isaac OLEG SIMANOT]

Bloom = unison tuning & good voicing on a lively piano.

I like the vowel idea from Stephen Birkett, that is how it can be hear and
modeled.

The Yamaha instructors tells us to obtain the note saying "Oh" while tuning
a doublet.

Depending of the quality of your unison it can be Ah, Eh, I etc, Oh is a
more rounder and richer sound.

An zingling and klanking pianos, much more difficult to hear of course.

This is the bloom you refer IMHO.


Regards.

Isaac OLEG



> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]De la part
> de Jon Page
> Envoye : mardi 19 mars 2002 03:14
> A : pianotech@ptg.org
> Objet : Re: Stretch: was "Bloom"
>
>
> I think the topic is straying from the question with tuning style.
>
> Bloom would be the 'harmonic wash' precipitated from a note, the
> expansion
> of the sound from a strong presence
> of partials produced by the hammer striking the string. A board
> with short
> sustain would not have a bloom, just decay.
> A resilient hammer is needed as well. Bloom can be heard on one note, not
> necessarily a chord resounding in intervallic structures.
>
> I haven't heard an Asian piano develop bloom, that whole round
> tone lifting
> as it is sustained; they have a more narrow, piercing tone.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page
>
> At 05:23 PM 3/18/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >Well I agree with your humble opinion.  What I am finding is
> that the trend
> >seems to favor the melodic intonation over the harmonic as of late.  The
> >bloom we are talking about, and I think I agree with Joe on this, derives
> >from a more harmonically based style of tuning and a tighter alignment of
> >the partials.
>
>
>