High Treble Unisons - attack or sustain?

[Andrew and Rebeca Anderson]

High treble unisons are usually tuned on the strike/attack phase.  I 
gradually switch over as I tune into the undamped area.  It is what 
we hear when they are played.  I was referring to bass, tenor and low 
treble notes previously.

Andrew

At 11:40 PM 11/16/2005, you wrote:
>Esteemed List,
>
>It seems I've noticed when setting unisons in the high treble area 
>that sometimes each string can seem to have its own direction it 
>wanders off into, independent of the frequency on its initial 
>strike.  One string may go flat during its sustain period even when 
>the "lights stand still" (I use an SAT) on attack.  Another of the 
>unisons may strike well but go MORE flat, or sharp first, then 
>flat... yadayada.  So I find myself trying to make a decision as to 
>whether to tune the strike or the sustain.  Has anybody else noticed 
>this phenomena?  (I think you'd hafta be deaf not to)
>
>My conclusion:  Whereas: those higher treble notes don't have very 
>much sustain, and the sustain is probably less listened to than the attack.
>
>AND, those notes oft-times are played very quickly, and with plenty 
>of other notes, high and low, going on in the music at the same time.
>
>Therefore, I resolve to tune the attack rather than the sustain, 
>compromising if need be by making the sustain as inoffensive as 
>possible while giving preference to the attack intonation.
>
>I realize I've made no reference to "wild" strings here.  Maybe 
>those are another topic.  I recognize them, too.
>
>Am I on the right track?  What are your thoughts?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>John Dorr
>
>
>
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