This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I would be interested in details on your approach to my question. I = would go right to the archives, but how to find a specific post on = something such as "tuning"? Would it be possible to forward a copy of = whatever you may have? I do not recall a post addressing the subject, = but there are always some that I miss. Many, many thanks for anything = you may be able to do. Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 9:43 AM Subject: Re: ETDs & Non-Equal Temperaments In a message dated 9/5/01 8:26:52 AM Central Daylight Time,=20 mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com (Farrell) writes:=20 What procedures (aural checks, prayers, waiting for proper planetary = alignment, etc.) do ETD users use when tuning non-equal temperaments = to=20 ensure a good tuning for the subject piano (check octaves and let it = go at=20 that?)? I know some often tune spinets with various non-ET = temperaments and=20 these especially need proper checks. Aside from learning to tune = these=20 non-ET temperaments well by ear (which, of course would be the best = way -=20 but hey, I'm only human) how does anyone go about this? Tips, = tricks,=20 techniques?=20 I've written about this many times over. There is no "hocus-pocus" to = it=20 such as your "planetary alignment" phrase implies. It is so = surprisingly=20 simple that I have had no qualms about calling it "Mindless Octaves". = I=20 developed the method when I was still tuning ET back in the early = 1980's and=20 continued it when I started exploring the HT's and on to the = development of=20 the EBVT. Steve Fairchild RPT uses basically the same approach.=20 I have absolutely no use whatsoever for any programmed tuning curve = because=20 what I do is better, far and away better. It goes right to the heart = of why=20 the scale is tempered to begin with and uses the piano's own = inharmonicity to=20 determine exactly the compromise I make. Again, it is so easy and = simple=20 that I think of it as *mindless* because I can tune aurally with the = same=20 accuracy and consistency as I can with an ETD whether it is the first = or last=20 tuning of the day, whether I am tired or not feeling well.=20 I've published the entire explanation and process on this List and = offered it=20 more than a few times privately. But of course, there are the many = who=20 dismiss what I have to say out of hand and delete before reading. = That's=20 your problem, not mine. My only question about the Verituner is = whether it=20 can do what I do. If it can, it would be worth purchasing, mainly = because of=20 its compact size and long battery life. Until I know the answer to = that, the=20 SAT II suits me just fine.=20 Bill Bremmer RPT=20 Madison, Wisconsin=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4e/b5/56/b5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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