Bob D., RV Carr, & List; " then you will find that they actually sound worse when you tune them to the box." "When I tune the unisons, which partial should I tune?" I know theoritically it makes a difference what you are tuning to, but if the unision is not pure, beatless, (or rolling ever so slightly to add that feeling of depth for the croissant crowd) whatever; does it make a difference what partial you are tuning to? That is to say, if it doesn't sound good, shouldn't we say partials be dammned and make it sound good? And should not the sound of the unision score higher on the exam when it sounds good, rather then when it matches the criteria of partials for exam purposes and sounds bad (relatively)? I'm not challenging Robert Carr, whom I defer to totally in the tuning realm, or Bob Davis, just questioning the dependance on partials as measured by a box as oppossed to the ear in the exam unision context. Perhaps I just don't understand, which is probably the case. Jim Bryant (FL)
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