---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On 29-okt-04, at 22:28, Quentin Codevelle wrote: > Yes, > =A0 > but Andre told us that the firm blow was exciting the higher partials. > It seems that=A0we can't tune=A0"including" lower partials if=A0we = tune with=20 > firm blows. > Listening with soft blows won't change the facts that only the higher=20= > partials have been excited during the tuning process! > =A0 > Am I wrong? Did I understand something wrong? > =A0 > Quentin > to Quentin, Jenneetah, William, and list, sigh... I tried so hard.. (; >)) What I tried to tell here, is that in my experience a tone sounds=20 better if you strike less hard, thereby putting the emphasis on the=20 lower partials. quote from an earlier mail : I have tested this partial stuff myself with the aid of the spectrum=20 analysis, built within my VT. The VT works up to, I think, A5 with 8=20 partials, then with 4. 2 and 1 partial. If you strike very hard, we see that the emphasis lies indeed much=20 stronger on the higher partials. Where the lowest partials react less=20 strongly, the highest partials visibly react much more. But there is another phenomenon at hand here : if you strike really=20 hard, the tone gets distorted and so does your hearing. With a really=20 hard bang, there is a tendency for the higher partials to overrule,=20 probably in combination with other physical factors I am not familiar=20 with. It may also be that our ears react in a much different way then we=20 think to a violent sound. unquote so of course, with a softer blow, you will hear both higher partials=20 and lower partials, but the lower partials will rule. I, and others, also told here that it is not necessary to use that much=20= force if your tuning technique has been perfected, so, that you are=20 able to tune 1 cent up or down (as far as possible with a given=20 instrument).. If that's the case you have mastered the most difficult issue in=20 tuning, manipulating dem pins in the most economical way possible,=20 resulting in doing far less with maximum result and thereby creating a=20= satisfying tone. This Zen-like way of thinking - to achieve the most by doing the least=20= - is, in my personal opinion, the very best way to get old in a=20 pleasant way. EAR friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek "where Music is, no harm can be" ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2816 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7d/a1/a6/f9/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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