HTs/Exam

[David Love]

Coming up with the master tuning as a basis for the test might be difficult.
I believe that 2 or 3 techs set up the piano with a master tuning and then
each note is recorded in an ETD from which the test is measured.  While ET
has a fairly well defined set of criteria obviously a straight ETD tuning is
not adequate and needs to be tweaked by several tuners to get one that they
all agree on.  HT's are quite varied and setting a standard would be
considerably more diffictult I would imagine.

David Love


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage@attbi.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: May 10, 2002 3:53 AM
Subject: Re: HTs/Exam


> At 08:55 PM 5/9/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >Gentlemen/Ladies,
> >The possiblility of testing, using an HT, is quite possible. However, the
> >"Rub", is: you would have to have 3 RPTs capable of tuning the piano in a
> >specific HT. Just finding 3 RPTs in the same location, that are CTEs AND
> >knowledgable in HTs, is, in my opinion a tough nut to crack.
> >Just my thoughts on the subject, having done a few exams in ET. <G>
> >Regards,
> >Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
>
> Don't the examiners check the temperament with an ETD to check drift?
>
> So if an HT were tuned for the exam, the examiners would simply use that
> particular  temperament offsets to check. Unisons are still unisons,
> octaves are still octaves.
> It would be the same as giving measurements in metric instead of standard.
> A different ruler.
>
> However, some constant needs to be maintained and ET temperament happens
to
> be enjoying
> favoritism.  Nothing wrong with that.  If you can't tune an acceptable ET
> chances are that you can't
> tune and acceptable HT as well.
>
> It's like taking a driving test and insisting on driving on the left side
> of the road because that's how they
> drive in certain places.  Go with the flow...
>
> When you come right down to it, there is a lot of flexibility in tuning
> across the scale and the final
> judgement is, "If it sounds good, it is good".
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page,   piano technician
> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
> mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
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