Ed Foote wrote:Why not do one's best aural tuning on a given instrument and then store it in the SAT? The scaling differences, and the tuning that optimizes them, between same model/makes of all the better brands of pianos are so small as to be undetectable without specifically looking for them, and totally off the radar in musical playing for 99% of listeners and performers. And if an instrument is 4 cents off pitch, a well-executed tuning with a stored tuning on the SAT will be far closer to optimum than an aural guess in the same amount of time. Ed, Couldn't agree more. This is what I do with my most important instruments which get tuned on a continual basis. IMO, this is how good aural skills, combined with the accuracy of a good ETD, live in concert. Tom Servinsky, RPT The other aspect is consistency. It will be a rare tuner that can come within one cent of their previous tuning on every note! This is important when overdubbing in recording situations, or when a customer wants another tuning exactly like the last. ----- Original Message ----- From: <A440A at aol.com> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 10:45 PM Subject: Re: How To Choose an ETD was ... something else > David writes: > << The ETDs do > a fine job. Leaving the temperament octave is another story and the ear > (at > least a skilled one) probably does a better job of blending irregularities > and choosing which type of octaves work the best. A combination of ETD, > with use of direct interval tuning and aural techniques have proven, for > me, > to be the best and fastest. >> > > Greetings, > Why not do one's best aural tuning on a given instrument and then > store it in the SAT? The scaling differences, and the tuning that > optimizes > them, between same model/makes of all the better brands of pianos are so > small as > to be undetectable without specifically looking for them, and totally off > the > radar in musical playing for 99% of listeners and performers. And if an > instrument is 4 cents off pitch, a well-executed tuning with a stored > tuning on > the SAT will be far closer to optimum than an aural guess in the same > amount > of time. > The other aspect is consistancy. It will be a rare tuner that can > come within one cent of their previous tuning on every note! This is > important > when overdubbing in recording situations, or when a customer wants another > tuning exactly like the last. Still, the unisons require the ear, hands > down. > Regards, > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > >
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