[pianotech] Do fourths beat faster?

[PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com]

David:
 
The level of opacity of this comment is stunning. What on earth do you  mean? 
 
Paul
 
ps I still owe you a picture of that fret file ;-)
 
 
In a message dated 2/6/2009 11:07:07 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
davidlovepianos at comcast.net writes:

 
Just  to play devil’s advocate here, and with all due respect to the skill 
level of  those involved in this discussion, sometimes there is a difference in  
perception between what we think we do and what we actually do.  That’s  all 
I want to say.   
 
David  Love 
_www.davidlovepianos.com_ (http://www.davidlovepianos.com) 
 
 
From:  pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf 
Of  PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 8:28  PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Do  fourths beat faster?

 
Well  said! And ye got there afore me! :-)
 

 
Paul
 

 
 
In a  message dated 2/6/2009 9:55:33 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
pianotech at a440piano.net writes:

SNIP

>  We don't need to discuss how many tunings we have all performed to  justify
> our knowledge.
>
> Regards
>  Brian

Neither do we need to discuss how many theories and  calculations we 
can/have/should be doing.  You've got the math  worked out Brian, that's 
clear.  But before you continue shouting  out against those who don't do 
mathematical calculations every time they  tune a third/fourth/fifth or 
whatever, consider that there are many ways  to achieve fine tunings.  I 
assure you, whatever chasm there is  between you and David A. in 
communication, and in your chosen thought  processes when tuning, when you 
listen to one of his tunings (I have)  you'll simply have to accept that his 
methodology works.  David is  an excellent technician and an excellent tuner, 
and however he thinks  about how he does what he does is largely irrelevant.

Fantastic  tunings can be obtained by technicians with a dizzying range of  
theoretical knowledge.  You like the numbers, others may not, but  the 
results speak.  As author Piers Anthony once said to a class of  english 
students (paraphrasing here) "I no more need to know the names  of all the 
parts of speech to use them properly than I need to know the  names of all 
the parts of the human body to use them properly."   And yes, we can break 
this analogy down, but the sentiment is  interesting food for thought.

So, ease up on the ranting and ponder  that it really might not be so linear 
(the tuning process, that  is).

William R. Monroe



 
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