Octave Stretch in other Lands

[Phil Bondi]

Michael Jorgensen wrote:

> Hi all,
>      Does anybody know how much octave stretch the best tuners in other
> parts of the world are using.  I checked a Clavinova the other day with
> an RCT and found the stretch to be very low, i.e mostly 2:1 in treble.
> The temperament sounds like a copy of a real tuning complete with
> idiocynracies. They also faithfully copied the same transient nature of
> the pitch through prompt sound and after sound typical of all pianos.
> -Mike Jorgensen

Mike, I own the PF-85(Yamaha) and found the stretch to be the same..mine
doesn't have the 'transient' nature that you describe here. It's still a
decent Electronic Instrument and it sure doesn't owe me a thing!

Rook