tuning lower notes

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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Hi Julia,

Matching coincident partials is what we try to do.  The smaller the piano, 
the less chance you have of finding a good match in the lower end.

You can only do the best you can do.  Some pianos will just never sound as 
though they are in tune--particularly in the basses of many "petite" grands and 
spinets.  There have been some instances where my ETD has said a particular 
octave should have sounded good, and frankly, it sounded like hell.  So I used 
my ATD(Aural tuning devices--ears!).

I usually attempt to get the bass octaves as harmonious as possible when used 
as the lowest notes of a major triad.  

Having to tune these pianos as a beginner is cruel and unusual punishment, 
and not really fair, in my book, because it's hard to get a clear idea of what 
"in tune" is really supposed to sound like.  

Good luck,

Dave Stahl



In a message dated 10/11/04 3:06:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Alpha88x@aol.com writes:


> Greetings, 
> 
>               I find that tuning lower notes on some pianos (the wire wound 
> ones) I dont always get clean octaves. There seems to be, and this is only on 
> some pianos, these extra fast beats.  I try to block out the faster beating 
> frequency(ies) and tune using the (the octave's) fundemental, and even when I 
> get that low fundemental "in" there's this annoying faster beating. I am 
> tuning the bass mostly by ear!  Am I doing something wrong, or is it just cheap 
> wire wound strings? What is causing this? 
> It seems to only happen on the cheaper spinets and consoles, occasionally an 
> upright or grand will have this problem too, but not as often.
> 
> Julia, 
> Reading, PA 
> 



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