Sounds like you are doing something right, Marshall. Andrew Anderson At 06:31 PM 2/12/2006, you wrote: >I'm curious, speaking of hight notes on the piano. Is that a good >sign that a tuning is a good tuning when the piano has that bright >clear ring sound in the trebble? I tuned a spinit last week that >sounded louder according to one of the volunteers at the nursing >home where I tuned. In fact, I have a customer tomorrow who works >there and reports that it sounded tinny before, but I mentioned >resonants, blame spelling on my wife if incorrect. ;) Anyway, my >tuning of a grand piano yesterday revealed that the trebble sounded >louder, brighter and full of a crisp clear ring sound. Does this >represent anything in particular? >Marshall >----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie Jusiel" <mags@magsmusic.net> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 6:42 PM >Subject: Re: temperaments - choosing ? stretched ? not stretched ? > > >>Hi Philippe, >> >> I'd like to share some of my experiences with this topic, but would >>first like to point out that I'm still in the learning process. ;) >> >> I was learning aurally first, but didn't get lots of the details I >>needed and didn't have good pianos to practice on. I never got to the >>point where I trusted myself, so I use TuneLab. However, if I set a >>temperament with TuneLab, then tune the rest of the piano to that, I get >>a very nice tuning with an interesting characteristic... I will tune >>the upper octaves to what I hear as being "pure" with no beats, but will >>end up with a stretch that is anywhere from 10 cents to 40 cents >>stretched (according to TuneLab). I believe this to be my ear hearing >>more of the harmonics instead of the fundamental, and lining those up. >>The end result is always satisfying, so I go with it. The variation >>from piano to piano points out that each piano is different, and putting >>a "stretch" on it should line up harmonics, not just must make the top >>end sharp. Too much of a stretch is just as bad as not enough. Even >>two pianos of the same model can end up different depending on how they >>were taken care of over the years. >> >> I'm not sure if others have this same experience. I do know that I had >>my hearing tested and had a deficit in the lower registers, but was off >>the charts in what I could hear in the higher registers. I have a >>feeling most tuners could hear what I am hearing, though. >> >> Last thing... I've found that many tuners start out setting equal >>temperament, but end up with a variation of a mean-tone temperament, >>which works just fine. >> >> ...hope this was helpful... :D >> >>-mags >> >> >>Maggie Jusiel >>Piano Tuner >>Winds & Strings Teacher >>PO Box 1234 >>Athens, WV 24712-1234 >>(304)952-8615 >><mags@magsmusic.net> >><http://www.magsmusic.net> >> >> >> >>>Hi all, >>> >>>I'm currently studying temperaments, and I wonder if a tuner always use a >>>stretched temperament, >>>especially since this doesn't seems quite compatible with the use of >>>electronic tuning devices. >>>(for the not aural tuners...) >>> >>>This question, especially since I've a CD with reference tones for a >>>stretched temperament, which >>>seems quite strange since a stretched temperament should depend on the >>>kind of piano, shouldn't >>>they ? So what ? >>> >>>subsidiary question : as a tuner, do you prefer to use equal temperament ? >>>or do you prefer to use >>>another one ? (which one) ... Or do your clients often have their specific >>>requests ? (in this case >>>what are you commonly asked ?) >>> >>>Philippe Errembault >> >> >> >> >> >>Maggie Jusiel >>Piano Tuner >>Winds & Strings Teacher >>PO Box 1234 >>Athens, WV 24712-1234 >>(304)952-8615 >><mags@magsmusic.net> >><http://www.magsmusic.net> >> >> >><http://www.casparwicky.net/quotepage.html> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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