Thank you, David, for an excellent write up of the exam and the pursuit of excellence in tuning. I have several customers with above average pianos that I tune twice year. Because the climate in Hawaii is so steady, the pianos are barely out of tune when I get there. I have come to enjoy tuning these pianos for no other reason than they give me a chance to hone my aural skills. I basically give myself a tuning lesson. I strive to get these pianos in even better condition than they were before I got there. There is something to be said for striving for excellence. Wim Sent from my iPhone On May 13, 2012, at 8:54 AM, David Renaud <drjazzca at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Ron > > Yes, Fair enough. > > Master tuning tunes the piano to the standards set out ; 2:1 in the top octave for example. My point was that smoothing out progressions of 10ths,etc smooths out the aural progressions beyond what is achieved with tune lab or cyber tuner, the inharmonisity/quirks get reflected in the numbers as the aural progressions are refined. It creates a great point of reference for the function of earmarking errors. > > The standards and procedures for the master tuning do prove to be a fantastic aural exercise in Aural progressions, and has proven to be a good tool to uphold the current standards > Of the tuning test. And yet there is more. Yes, I like to morph between 4:2 and 6:3 and push towards wider octaves in the very low bass, etc. The "wow" factor requires more. That journey > Began for me in the exam room, getting in touch with what is going on, how to measure it, and what choices we have to make... > > Thanks for the input. I'll be careful how I express that, "best it can be" > Perhaps better; best it can be within the given defined perimeters to function as a master tuning. > ".There is wisdom in a multitude of councilors" > > Dave Renaud > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On 2012-05-13, at 2:10 PM, Ron Koval <drwoodwind at hotmail.com> wrote: > >> What gets lost/forgotten/never learned in this recurring discussion is just what "teaching to the test" does for the general concept of what makes a good tuning... There are plenty of tuners out there, as well as some CTE's that are comfortable stating that the master tuning is a process that tunes the piano the "best it can be". >> >> Well, no... It is a process to apply specific partial matches to transfer the temperament out to the rest of the piano. In effect, this controls the tuning by matching a single partial from each note of the octave (6:3 4:2 and 2:1) >> >> Maybe that's why so few tuners seem to achieve the "wow factor" when it comes to tuning. And of course if you test this tuning with the same checks used to make the tuning, you can "prove" it is perfect - yet still may not be close to what the best in the industry are aiming for. >> >> Ron Koval >> chicagoland >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120513/71ed2cdd/attachment.htm>
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