I understand. It is a "sound" thing, not a "pitch" thing. On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Kent Swafford <kswafford at gmail.com> wrote: > Such questions are very difficult, perhaps impossible, to accurately answer. > > Stopper's ETD may be the first ETD which produces an identifiable, > distinctive style of tuning. Other ETDs are "tweakable" to suit the > preferences of the individual piano tech. > > Although I find PureTuner's sound quite pleasing, it is likely that some > will find it not so. Most especially, the software will tune given notes in > a way that supports the overall effect of the tuning; I'm almost certain > that some techs will be unwilling to give up their own stretch preferences > in specific parts of the scale; and to do is necessary to achieve the > software's overall synchronous effect. > > Sorry, > > > Kent > > > > On Mar 17, 2009, at 10:29 AM, Jeff Deutschle wrote: > >> Kent: >> >> Could you say about how many cents narrow around B6? Any difference in >> the bass? Again about how many cents around C1? How do the >> mid-sections compare? >> >> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Kent Swafford <kswafford at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> I have said that I believe a PureTuner tuning could serve well as a >>> master >>> tuning, with the exception of the high treble, for which the exam calls >>> for >>> clean single octaves. I have said that as a practical matter, master >>> tunings >>> tend to be somewhat more narrow than PureTuner tunings. >>> Kent Swafford >>> >> -- >> Regards, >> Jeff Deutschle >> >> Please address replies to the List. Do not E-mail me privately. Thank You. >> > > > -- Regards, Jeff Deutschle Please address replies to the List. Do not E-mail me privately. Thank You.
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