This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment "Perfect" is such a relative term. I've got a few pianos around here in = which "perfect" can only be defined as "best this ornery old upright, = puky PSO, stupid spinet, or baby bland will do." But I know and agree with what you are saying. Sour notes are the most = obvious and obnoxious defect in a tuning. Octaves come second, but it's = not too hard to make decent sounding octaves. Even our local "tooner" = with his electronic guitar tuner (no kidding!) gets okay single octaves. I think only fairly proficient pianists start hearing double and triple = octaves as "off," and only the truly trained will nit-pick about = temperament, spread, stretch, and interval issues--unless the errors are = pretty severe. Anyway, that's my whole three years of experience talking. Ha.=20 The Bible says "Be ye therefore perfect ..." That is certainly my goal = on every note in every piano, but sadly not possible in many cases. There is a nice fellow who has tuned in this area for over 30 years. I = watched and marveled as he tuned a Kawaii studio (admittedly not one of = my nightmare pianos) using only one split treble mute, his hammer, and a = C fork. He did a 4ths and 5ths temperament, tuned to the top, then to = the bottom, unisons as he went. Very few checks, mostly double octaves. = Took him 45 minutes and we were talking the whole time. This is the piano I play for our church. It sounds great ... for a = couple of weeks. Then the unisons start drifting quite a bit, though our = building does not have the extreme climate ups and downs that many = churches have. He told me he tunes 6 or 7 pianos, most days, and I believe him. But I = could not in good conscience leave a piano that unstable. Stable, "perfect" unisons really are key. My $0.02 Alan Barnard From: Wimblees@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:46 PM Subject: Re: ETD's, aural or both In a message dated 9/19/02 12:20:25 AM !!!First Boot!!!, = pianolover88@hotmail.com writes:=20 I guess the way i see it is, no matter which technique we may = employ, it's=20 always the results that speak the loudest.=20 Terry Peterson=20 And regardless of the tools that are used, and no matter which = temperament is used, if the unisons aren't perfect, you might as well = throw all of it out the window.=20 Wim=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/83/19/58/2d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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