Smoother 10ths and good octaves.

[Richard Brekne]

If by smoother you mean slower then try the following.

use your Sat in the direct reference mode that Bill Bremmer used to talk 
about. I dont own a SAT so I dont know how it works.. but the idea is to 
start at about D4/D3.  Have the ETD read the 3rd partial of D4 so that 
you are zeroed in on that. Then tune D3 slightly (and I mean slightly) 
sharp of that reading.  The basic idea is to get  a 6:3 octave that is 
barely narrow, with a 4:2  slightly wide.  Aurally, both the inside 
minor 3rd test and the outside maj 3rd / 10th should match as best as 
possible. This gives nice slow rolling 10ths in the bass whilst 
maintaining a consistant octave progression downwards.  Should work very 
well on a small Yamaha Grand.

Never seen a C5 by the way... we get C2's C3's  C6's and C7's over here.

Cheers
RicB

Phil Bondi wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I have a client with a Yamaha C-5. Good player/teacher kind of guy. 
> His piano always gets an aural tuning from me rather than using a 
> VTD(Accu-ll).
>
> Recently, he's been complaining about 'beats' in the 10ths in the 
> bass. He wants them to be smoother. On my return visit, I discussed 
> with him his option at the time: Smoother 10ths will compromise octaves.
>
> He decided for the smoother 10ths.
>
> He called me 2 days later wanting to put the octaves back to where 
> they were. Now - I had him 'help' me untune this piano so he could 
> hear the difference between the smoother 10ths and the now busy 
> octave. The man just got done calling me to cancel putting the octaves 
> back in better tune..he now likes what he hears from the octaves.
>
> We all have usually one cross to bear out there, and this client is mine.
>
> Is there a temperament that offers smoother 10ths and better octaves 
> than ET? If there is, this client is a candidate.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions,
>
> Phil Bondi(Fl)
>
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