Tuning Notes

[Horace Greeley]

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Hi, David,

Well said...clean presentation of a difficult topic.

Thanks.

Best.

Horace




At 07:26 PM 10/19/2004, you wrote:
>hey kids----I sent this the first time w/out finishing it---not the first 
>time I've made my move too soon. <g>
>
>
>   Stretching the bass? I heard of stretching the top octaves but how does 
> one stretch the bass?
>
>thanks,
>Julie,
>
>
>
>Oooohhhhh, a huge can of worms. How the bass is tuned is how most artists 
>judge a piano. IMO.
>I'll say 95%---and I'm being a bit generous---of the tunings I follow up 
>on within 2 to 14 days---and usually in a well-controlled 
>micro-environment of studio, store, or expensive house/venue. (and 
>remember, friends, we're in fabulous Mediterranean Southern 
>California---stability made flesh)....uhh...anyway, 95% of those tunings 
>are from a little to a LOT sharp in the bass, in my system. The trick, the 
>challenge, the game, is to get the note juuust on the flat side of 
>"beatless;" if you pay attention to your body at this time, you'll feel 
>the octave move down in your body;
>Checking the 5th above, you'll hear (if you're patient and can wait a 
>couple seconds for the garbage to pass) an almost beatless interval, the 
>5th being slightly, and I mean slightly flat---
>1 beat per 3-4 seconds.  Checking the fourth, it will be way more active 
>than the 5th, and on good pianos, you can clearly hear the 4th beating 
>slowly, perhaps .5 to 1.5 bps. I listen to 4ths and 5ths all the way down 
>to A0.  They're the best, best automatic stretch calculator for the bottom 
>of the piano. IMO.
>
>Let the games begin-----
>
>
>Best,
>
>David Andersen
>

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