tuning lower notes

[David Andersen]

> Hi Julia,
> 
> I suspect your hearing is becoming more "focused" (Hurrah!)
> 
> Can you tell us a bit more? Are you tuning a 6:3 octave? 8:4? Or are you
> attempting to tune the "whole sound"?



Ahhhh, the whole sound---the "natural note that the player hears"---
It's so wacky that tuners say you can't tune this way, or that the only
"real" way to tune is to listen to partials, or overtones. Your body is
capable of integrating and processing the subtle harmonic differences
from piano to piano and note to note or section to section in a much more
precise and nuanced way than a machine or---flame suit on---than a
mechanistic, linear process called partial matching.  IMO.

Making a piano sing is the goal of every tuner; I can do that much, much
easier listening to the whole tone---the note as the artist and listener
hear it.

Best,

David Andersen