Octave Tuning

Don pianotuna@accesscomm.ca
Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:01:11


Hi David,

Would you care to share your "proof"? Or is it subjective? How do you
overcome the coupling of the strings?

At 11:27 AM 22/09/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>I believe I have proven, at least to myself, beyond a shadow of a doubt that 
>exactly the opposite is true:  When the unison is stood stock still, the
sustain 
>and resonance of that note is increased to the maximum that is possible,
given all 
>the other mitigating factors. Another way that concert-level tuners get
all there 
>is out of a piano when tuning---and a big part of the psychoacoustic
illusion 
>that is created by a good tuning (i.e., you voiced it! or the action
feels so 
>much better when all youve done is tune.)

>Hope this helps---
>David Andersen   > David Andersen    

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

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