The last octave

[Avery Todd]

Duaine,

Are you talking about octaves or unisons? When I was a young tuner (25+ 
yrs. ago), a tech
told me at a convention in Dallas to listen for a "bell-like" tone when the 
tuning was good. This
is using fairly fast, repeated blows. There's usually too much garbage in 
that area to try and
listen for more than a second or two.

He was referring to unisons but it would work for octaves also and then add 
ever how much
stretch you like to that 2/1 octave.

At 01:25 PM 02/26/03 -0600, you wrote:
>List,
>
>I've been tuning for awhile and my most trouble is the last octave (on any 
>piano). Is there any secrets or tips on tuning the last octave ?
>
>Thanks
>
>--
>Duaine Hechler
>Piano, Player Piano, Organ, Pump Organ
>Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
>Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild
>(314) 838-5587
>dahechler@charter.net