Nailing Down D

[Alan]

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It seems to me that since most temperaments work well with about 1/2 =
beat
narrow D4-A4 fifth and likewise with about a 1/2 beat wide D3-D4 octave, =
if
you tuned D3 to A4 absolutely beatless (at A5) you would have two notes =
(in
a two octave temperament) that were dead-on and accounting for =
inharminicity
across the break in most pianos.
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Then, tuning A3 to A4, and D4 to D3 while checking the fourths and =
fifths
created among those four notes you'd be pretty confident you had four
solidly and rather easily placed notes.
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Anything wrong with this?
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Now, find me a similar exercise for nailing down F3 or F4 (NOT =
estimating
beat rates) and I'd be one excited camper, because after that a two =
octave
temperament (C3-B4 for the RPT tuning test) would be pretty easy.
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I know I'm trying to reinvent the wheel, but this business of =
esti-placing
F3, D3, and A#3 without REALLY knowing their best placement kinda bugs =
me.
At least with D4 you have 4ths and 5ths to listen to, but dang it if the
whole structure doesn't depend too much on getting the "right" width for =
the
A3-A4 octave and then floating in that F3...
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Alan R. Barnard
Salem, MO
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