Tuning Notes

[Don]

Hi Julie,

In the bass it is common to use 6:3 octaves--these are "stretched" to that
amount. In larger pianos 8:4 and 10:5 may be wanted. It is a matter of
taste. An "unstretched" bass would have 2:1 octaves.

At 09:42 AM 18/10/2004 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 10/15/2004 2:48:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>piano57@flash.net writes:
> 
> Instead of stretching the 
> bass in my usual way, he
> wanted it, for lack of a better term, not stretched.
>
> 
> Greetings, 
> 
>           Stretching the bass? I heard of stretching the top octaves but
>how does one stretch the bass?
> 
> thanks,
> Julie, 
> Reading, PA 

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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