Curve or direct measuring?

[Farrell]

Thanks for setting me straight Jim!

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Coleman, Sr." <pianotoo@imap2.asu.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 4:22 PM
Subject: Curve or direct measuring?


> To Renaud and Farrell especially:
> 
> I have done many direct measurement tunings and my general feeling is 
> that the direct method is a waste of time for equal temperament tunings.
> The problem is that you don't know what the interval widths should be 
> until you have tuned the temperament to discover its preferred stretch.
> With the SAT FAC curve method, you can tell in advance what the stretch 
> needs to be and then ALL the intervals are adjusted accordingly.

SNIP> 

> That convinced me of the superiority of curve fit tuning. And when that 
> is coupled with the complement of listening to the intervals at the same 
> time, this is the best of both worlds. Try it, you'll like it!
> 
> Jim Coleman, Sr.
>