Aural Tuning- Pianos with High Inharmonicity

[Steve Blasyak]

Hey Now,

I believe the article you are referring to is March of 2006 written by
Brent Collins. That issue also has a re-print of Jack Stebbins December of
1994. 

Pardon me all if I'm late in the game. Just catching up tonight.

Steve

Pura Vida


> [Original Message]
> From: Bob Hull <hullfam5 at yahoo.com>
> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 3/6/2007 9:40:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Aural Tuning- Pianos with High Inharmonicity
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> Have you looked at the PACE tuning lesson books? 
> Also, maybe search out the George Defebaugh
> temperament sequence.  Using contiguous M3rds may help
> because their beat speeds are faster and easier to
> hear than relying only on 4ths and 5ths.  
>
> There is a great way to set the F3-A3 major 3rd
> accurately for any piano.  (was it Jack Stebbins'
> method?) It has been written about recently in the
> Journal maybe a year or two ago. Maybe someone can
> chime in with the month/yr. and title of that article.
> It uses contiguous M3rds above and below F3-A3 to set
> its beat speed exactly between these two outer M3rds. 
>  
>  
> --- Greg Livingston <pianotuner440 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 
> > 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#? 
>
> No. F3-D3 will match the beat speed of G3-B3 - this is
> the outside 6th, inside 3rd test.
>
> >Or do just try to 
> > get the octaves as beat-free as you can? How do you
> > deal with these beasts?
>
> Don't waste too much time on them.
> > 
> > My wife says I shouldn't take on any more
> > spinets...maybe she's right...
> > 
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