[pianotech] RE: Stretch Vs.Temperament, (was Beat Rates) gived a try

[Isaac OLEG]

Hello David,

Interested in a tuning method that changes from 5ths, octaves, 10ths
and so on, I give a try to the use of the fourth as the principal
interval used in a tuning this afternoon, and find it very easy to
tune, clear and must important, not tiring at all.

I don't know if you do that, but I soon used the fourths to check the
unisons, and that worked great. It was easy to consider the 'bloom of
the unison and the bloom of the fourths to be on the same planet !

The stretch was to my taste, much less bland than with "pure" fifths
based tuning . The global sound was very smooth and nice, singing as
the fifths based tunings, but with less activity, or more light sound.

I really liked it indeed  - and it was a poor Boston GP 178 with
hardened hammers (shot)

I've find it difficult to find a good balance in the high basses, and
I did not follow the game to the low basses.

Just a first try, I will tell about it later.


Thanks for the idea and all.

Best Regards.



Isaac OLEG

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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : owner-pianotech@ptg.org
> [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]De la part
> de David Andersen
> Envoye : vendredi 9 aout 2002 11:18
> A : pianotech@ptg.org
> Objet : Re: Stretch Vs.Temperament, (was Beat Rates)
>
>
>
> Dear list------
>
> Ah, the tuning debates!!
>
> "Endless are the arguments of mages....."
>                               Ursula LeGuin
>
> I tune for myself; to challenge myself.  I think my ears
> are as good as
> any pair of ears in the world, and I have tuned thousands
> of pianos to
> get to the point where my tuning----which is some form of mutated
> ET----satisfies me a good deal of the time---maybe
> 80%----and satisfies
> the many, many fantastic players and singers and producers
> I work for
> 99.9% of the time.
>
> If the fourths all roll slowly, pretty much equally, the
> piano will sound
> just great; it will be "automatically"
> stretched to sound musical, resonant, and soaring----when
> recorded, it
> will sound like the pianos on the great recordings of the '30's and
> '40's----extremely sweet and musical.
>
> The mechanics of a great tuning are dead simple; the
> massive challenge is
> in having the skill, and patience, and commitment, to do it
> over and over
> and give it your best shot every time.
>
> It's a deep, deep craft.
>
> Cheers, kids.........your ears are part of the greatest
> computer ever
> built.
>
> David Andersen
> Malibu, CA
>