---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Phil, Another thing to factor in here might be frequency of tuning vs. power of the pianist. If you're doing high end work, odds are, the player is going to do his/her best to knock the piano out of tune(unintentionally, of course). I see it as a never ending battle. Some of the teachers I tune for are REALLY strong players who break strings and knock the instruments out of tune, especially in the killer octave, with great regularity. What can I do about it? Not much, I've decided, unless they have their pianos tuned with far more frequency than they do. Monthly would be good, or even more often. In attempting to emulate one of the players' in order to get a unison solid recently, I broke a string in the killer octave. That sure didn't do much for unison stability....;-{ I also think that Andre is right in that your ear's ability to be more discerning is hard at work here. Though I haven't heard your work, I'm certain that you do as good as job as possible in any given circumstance. That's really all you can do. Dave Stahl In a message dated 3/11/05 4:09:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, phil@philbondi.com writes: Thanks to all for the thoughtful responses. Like I said in my original post, there's a number of factors at work for me feeling the way that I do about unisons, especially on my high-end work. All of them are working together at this point. To give you an idea: -Andre suggested I was hearing at the next level (thank you) -Guy suggested massage (I already get 2 a month) -Terry suggested the pianos are getting worse.!!!?!?! (not on my high-end work) -Jonathan suggested being more sensitive to unisons (probably) All of these suggestions are working together at this point. I certainly hope this is not coming across as being whiny..but it is something I have noticed, noted, and will improve upon. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/2d/0d/f4/bc/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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