Tuning sequence question

Geoff Sykes thetuner at ivories52.com
Sun Jul 8 19:05:04 MDT 2007


Greetings all --
 
I know that when using an ETD the preferred method of tuning is from the
bass up to the treble, tuning unisons as you go. Tests have apparently
proven that this provides a more accurate and stable tuning when completed. 
 
Traditionally, aural tuning means strip muting the entire piano, and after
setting the temperament, all the center strings are then tuned moving first
down into the bass and then up into the treble. After the center strings are
tuned then unisons are set starting in the bass and moving up through the
treble. 
 
In doing an aural tuning, is there any reason why one could not, or perhaps
should not, strip mute just the middle section of the piano, in order to set
the temperament, then immediately set the unisons in the temperament,
pulling out the strip mute as you go, followed by moving down into the bass
tuning the first string and setting unisons as you go and subsequently up
through the treble? 
 
In other words, which aural tuning method of the two described above, would
produce the more accurate and stable tuning when completed?
 
-- Geoff Sykes
-- Los Angeles
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