[CAUT] Sacrifice (was tuners- technology)

[David Ilvedson]

That's a lot more than my stretch...maybe +40 for C8....

David I.



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: Fred Sturm <fssturm@unm.edu>
To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
Received: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 17:46:32 -0700
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Sacrifice (was tuners- technology)


>On 3/1/05 3:33 PM, "Porritt, David" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu> wrote:

>> My stock tuning for a D has C6 at 5.19 cents, C7 16.26, and C8 at 43.90.
>> I've used that tuning on our recital D for years so I obviously don't
>> think it's over stretched.

>FWIW, and to let you folks know there is some radical out there doing much
>crazier stretching, my standard recital D tuning has C8 at 63 cents (C6 at
>4.4, C7 at 18 - IOW a rapid increase of stretch from C6 up. C6 down is
>fairly conservative). It's been like that for at least four years (crept up
>gradually until then). I have never ever had a complaint of too much
>stretch. I _have_ had complaints of too little, but not recently. So I
>figure I've hit it about right <g>. _I_ like the way it sounds, either
>playing it or listening in the audience.
>Regards,
>Fred Sturm
>University of New Mexico


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