Aural Tuning- Pianos with High Inharmonicity

[Gregor _]

Greg,

aurally I just tune these instruments in octaves (beat free). Of course 
checking 4ths and 5ths. As a rule of the thumb: don´t think about it too 
much! Just make it anyhow. You can´t tune these beasts correct, so don´t try 
too much. Furthermore: a customer who owns such an instrument is not able to 
notice any fine differences. Ortherwise he would not have bought it. Just 
throw in some "tuning", be kind and nice and don´t be overconcerned with 
beats, intervalls or something like that. It´s useless. We have a name for 
these "tune and run" jobs: toilet tuning!

Gregor


>From: "Greg Livingston" <pianotuner440 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: Aural Tuning- Pianos with High Inharmonicity
>Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:18:09 +0000
>
>
>Dear Friends,
>
>(This is for my aural-tuning colleagues; I am three college tuitions away 
>from an ETD...)
>
>Today I struggled with a 70's Acrosonic and no matter what I did, it still 
>sounded lousy. I tune aurally, using Bill Bremmer's chain (April-May 2004 
>PTG Journal). Finally, I went back to my old standby, 4ths and 5ths, and 
>got it sounding okay.
>
>When you tune a PSO, do you spread the F-A third wide?  Do you set it at 7 
>bps or more? Do you try to get the F-D to match the A-C#? Or do just try to 
>get the octaves as beat-free as you can? How do you deal with these beasts?
>
>My wife says I shouldn't take on any more spinets...maybe she's right...
>
>_______________________________________
>Gregory P. Livingston, Piano Tuning and Service
>781-237-9178
>Piano Technicians Guild, associate member
>(Boston chapter)
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