Going digital?

[Don]

Hi Jonathen,

Strobesoft does not allow "stretch" according to their FAQ. It is not
suitable for setting a temperament.

At 09:36 AM 7/2/2008 -0700, you wrote:
>I've been tuning my temperament octave in C ever since I started with
>Aubrey Willis's correspondence piano tuning course at age 12.  I'm 52 now.
> Since moving to Prescott AZ from NYC my spinet to grand ratio has at least
>doubled.  I was struggling with a really cheap console the other day and I
>said to myself, "boy, this would be working a lot better if I were doing it
>a major 6th higher where the strings have less inharmonicity."  And I was
>wondering what it would take to learn a new temperament technique.  But
>then I thought, why don't I just download StroboSoft for my PowerBook for
>80 bucks.  How can that be anything but more precise.  I used to think that
>tuning the temperament was part of the art of piano tuning.  At least the
>customers must think it's magic as I play all these interesting
>combinations of notes.  Or I could spend another grand and get visual
>assistance for those pesky top few notes.   Anybody have experience with
>StroboSoft?  The web site says it's not too reliable for the far reaches of
>the piano but I would just use it for the temperament.
>Jonathan
>
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Regards,
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