Honky Tonk Tuning

[Cy Shuster]

Some time ago our friend M. Oleg talked about tuning unisons to "lean" a
little bit.  I'm not sure exactly what he meant by that, but I've read
elsewhere that when the strings of a unison are tuned exactly to each other,
the sustain is less (because the energy is transferred more efficiently).

Are unisons ever tuned intentionally apart (such as the "celeste" mode
below) for other reasons than the vibrato effect (such as to improve
sustain)?

--Cy Shuster--
Bluefield, WV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: Honky Tonk Tuning


> FWIW
> I ran into a fellow a while back who insisted that the Bluther Grand
> should be tuned this way... with respect to the extra non singing
> strings on some models.  Sharp and with about a 3-4  bps <<vibrato>>  he
> said.
>
> RicB
>
>
> D.L. Bullock wrote:
>
> > I have had customers call me after buying a new piano.  They said the
> > tuner from the piano store had just tuned it and he ruined the sound
> > of the piano.  In the store it sounded just like Aunt Maudie's piano,
> > but now it sounds dead.  I went and found a perfectly tuned spinet.  I
> > tuned one string to celeste with the other two strings and the
> > customer was ecstatically happy.  I collected my check and left with
> > another happy customer.  Everytime thereafter, I would tune that piano
> > straight and then celeste it, leaving a loyal happy customer.
> >
> >
> >
> > *D.L. Bullock    St. Louis
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