---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 9/5/01 8:26:52 AM Central Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com (Farrell) writes: > What procedures (aural checks, prayers, waiting for proper planetary > alignment, etc.) do ETD users use when tuning non-equal temperaments to > ensure a good tuning for the subject piano (check octaves and let it go at > that?)? I know some often tune spinets with various non-ET temperaments and > these especially need proper checks. Aside from learning to tune these > non-ET temperaments well by ear (which, of course would be the best way - > but hey, I'm only human) how does anyone go about this? Tips, tricks, > techniques? > I've written about this many times over. There is no "hocus-pocus" to it such as your "planetary alignment" phrase implies. It is so surprisingly simple that I have had no qualms about calling it "Mindless Octaves". I developed the method when I was still tuning ET back in the early 1980's and continued it when I started exploring the HT's and on to the development of the EBVT. Steve Fairchild RPT uses basically the same approach. I have absolutely no use whatsoever for any programmed tuning curve because what I do is better, far and away better. It goes right to the heart of why the scale is tempered to begin with and uses the piano's own inharmonicity to determine exactly the compromise I make. Again, it is so easy and simple that I think of it as *mindless* because I can tune aurally with the same accuracy and consistency as I can with an ETD whether it is the first or last tuning of the day, whether I am tired or not feeling well. I've published the entire explanation and process on this List and offered it more than a few times privately. But of course, there are the many who dismiss what I have to say out of hand and delete before reading. That's your problem, not mine. My only question about the Verituner is whether it can do what I do. If it can, it would be worth purchasing, mainly because of its compact size and long battery life. Until I know the answer to that, the SAT II suits me just fine. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ab/d3/7a/96/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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