Perfect fifths temperament (was Perfect Tuning)

[KUANG]

Hi, list:
	That book by Fischer happenes to be my first tuning "text book".
Perfect fifth temperament is the only method I use (and the only method I
know) to tune a piano.  I found it very easy to learn and it's VERY
accurate (to most people I know).
No, i don't know how to hear "beats" (i don't intend to learn it
either...sounds like it's hard to learn).  I'm not a professional tuner
(i'm a student of many majors including piano and violin) but all of my
music friends think i'm at a professional level.  The major thirds don't
sound flat to me at all.  Every time i check the pianos tuned by the piano
technician of my music department with perfect fifths,  one or two of them
are flat and/or sharp (I bet he doesn't use SAT.....or does he?  Oh, he's
a RPT.  No offense)  I never checked my own temperament with an instrument
so I don't know if my tunning is really that accurate or not.  The only
problem with perfect fifth temperament i know is that if "your" perfect
fifth is only 0.2 cent sharp/flat, then you'll end up with little more
than 2 cent sharp/flat (and if "your" perfect fifth is 1 cent off,
then....oh well, go figure :) ).  And it won't sound pleasant if you
check with the octave.  I said it was an easy method because, well, it's
the only interval you have to know!

Kuang

On Mon, 3 Feb 1997 KTorres280@aol.com wrote:

> This sounds similar to a book by J. Cree Fischer (I hope I have his name
> correct) in which a temperament can be set using only fifths. However, the
> end result is supposed to be the same as with other standard methods. I have
> tried this method without much success however. Another tuner I know used to
> set his temperament with just fourths and fifths, not using thirds and other
> checks at all. He was an excellent tuner but could not explain how he did it,
> and he didn't even know what I meant when I asked him about the speed of the
> beats in thirds and such...a technician from Russia taught him. But he sure
> knew how to make even the worst pianos sound great!
>