Fw: RCT inharmonicity

[pianoman]

James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
pianoman@inlink.com
"Sometimes it is really good to be pleasantly surprised without knowing
what you did right.".

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> From: pianoman <pianoman@inlink.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.orf
> Subject: RCT inharmonicity
> Date: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 12:58 PM
> 
> I was hoping someone else would delve into this one but I will put in my
> 0.02c worth.
> The RCT does not show you , in the process of setting up the 5 A's, what
> difference there is in inharmonicity.   It only shows you the variance
> among the three samples of the  A's. The RCT sets up a system of partial
> ladders which the program matches up for the 5 A's and 3 each of their
> partials.  I suppose you could measure yourself with the RCT to get the
FAC
> measurements  by direct measurement but they would be of no use in the
RCT
> actual tuning. 
> 	 What I do is notice the cents measurement on C-8 and use that as a
> measure of how high or low inharmonicty may be.  As you stay on one
number
> of octave stretching you can become savvy of the degree of how much
> inharmonicity is present on the scale.  This is how I see it.  Anyone
else
> have different thoughts?
> James Grebe
> R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
> pianoman@inlink.com
> "Sometimes it is really good to be pleasantly surprised without knowing
> what you did right.".
>