Alan, And how long do you think your tuning will last after installing the Dampp-Chaser? Hopefully, at least until after this coming Sunday! Sorry, couldn't resist!!!!!! :-) Avery >Then I got in, installed a Dampp-Chaser and tuned ... all to the constant >rat-a-tat tap bang bang-a-bang BANG of two guys with hammers 20 feet over my >head. > >Seems the Army wanted the roof fixed and the piano tuned all in time for a >special Easter service in this chapel. > >As you said, might as well get all the noisy things done at the same time! > >Alan Barnard >Salem, MO > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On >Behalf Of Susan Kline >Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 9:16 PM >To: Pianotech >Subject: Re: Language > > >At 08:45 PM 3/16/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >Susan, I don't understand some of your terminology here, and I thought I'd > >learned to speak fairly fluent Tunese: > >Probably my fault -- laziness. > > > >There are as many tests as one feels like pursuing, but > >in everyday work I tend to focus on three: the tenth test > >in the middle range, but only if the timbre of the octave > >isn't pleasing me; the sixth test in the bass, ditto, and > >I temper fourths, fifths and octaves all the way to the > >top and most of the way to the bottom. Octaves the straightest, > >then a little curl to the fifths and a little bit bigger curl > >to the fourths, but basically making all of the perfect > >intervals (4, 5, 8) as clear as possible. > > > >A. "tenth test" 10ths against 3rds? running 10ths? both? > >Octave test, seeing if the upper and lower notes of the octave >beat equally against a note a major third below the lower note. >I don't always insist that they beat exactly the same -- the >upper note can beat a little faster. But I like for all the >octaves to have about the same difference. > > > >B. "sixth test ... bass" major 6th/minor 3rd? running 6ths? > >Minor third/major 6th, within the octave, to check for the bass >octave size. I use running almost everything when checking the >temperament, but usually not later on. If the deep bass is really >puzzling me, I'll sometimes run consecutive (what is it? 15ths?) >octave+minor sevenths. > > > > >C. "I temper fourths ..." not sure what you mean here ... extending the > >temperament into bass, treble? > >Tune octaves by ear; check fifths, check fourths. Make sure none are >obnoxious, or if obnoxious, make sure that all three intervals are >obnoxious in the same pattern: octaves best, fifths next best, fourths >least best -- <grin> -- but nothing wonderful at the expense of >something else becoming godawful. I do this all the way to C88, >and down toward the low octave as long as the clarity of the bass allows. > > > >D. "Octaves the straightest" purest 6:3s ?? > >not so much checking one test (6-3's) against another (2-1, or 4-2) ... >purely aural, by timbre. > > > >E. "a little curl to the fifths ... little bigger curl to the fourths" ya > >really got me here ... ??? > >Well, you know ... a curl is a slow, tired little beat ... a >"miao" > > > >F. "perfect intervals ... as clear as possible" clear=pure? > >Why, sure, except that thirds and sixths and all that aren't >pure. Perfect intervals (as opposed to major/minor intervals) >are fifths, fourths, octaves, and unisons. > > > >Appreciate a little comment, thanks, > > > >Alan Barnard > >Salem, MO > >No problemo .. well, I hope, anyway. > >Susan > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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