How We Hear

[Michael Spalding]

So, what you're saying is that because the mix and emphasis of partials
depends on how hard the note is played, you should decide at the outset
whether you want to optimise unison tuning at FFF or ppp or somewhere in
between.  Tuning unisons at a low dynamic level would result in increasing
high-partial discord as the dynamic level is increased.  Do I understand it
correctly?  I'll have to try this out and see how my ears like it.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Richard Brekne
> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 12:31 AM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: How We Hear
>
> Hi Don
>
> I have heard, and tried this approach many times... try and zero in on 
> the higher partials thinking that if they are clean as a whistle the 
> lower ones will be as well.  I really dont see that it ends up working 
> out tho... and I dont see any reason why it really should anyways. From 
> about C4 downwards the partial ladders get too  unpredictable to begin 
> with, there is always one or two pairs in unisons that dont match up, 
> and the lower you get the worse the problem.  I talked with the tuning 
> instructor at Japan about this as well last time, and they listen for 
> lower partial pairs, encourage you to play relatively softly so as to 
> avoid overly exciting higher ones to begin with. I find myself rarely 
> paying attention to anything beyond the 4th partial in unisons. 
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
> Don wrote:
>
> >Hi David,
> >
> >I agree when you say *hearing* but I was speaking of using an ETD. If I
> do
> >that I find the results are not pleasing.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I don't know about the 7th partial, but it does seem that the higher
> you
> >>focus your hearing the cleaner the unison will sound.  Since the beats
> >>are magnified in the higher partials, a cleanly tuned upper partial
> will
> >>tend to make the lower partials that much more in unison.  Since the
> >>lower partials tend to be louder, you hear them almost unconsciously
> >>when focusing on the upper partials.    
> >>
> >>David Love
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >  
> >
>
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