This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment HI Ric, Once again careless wording gets me in trouble. Should have said "tells = me right away IF I HAVE temperament or unison problems". I know those = passages pretty well (you have no idea how many times I had to repeat = them before I could get through them with any confidence at all), so if = it doesn't sound the way I expect, then I do specific interval checks to = see what the problem is. There's this mental wall that I can't = deconstruct (don't want to..) that separates music from tuning. I play = something, the piano sounds good or it doesn't. If it doesn't, I do = tests to isolate the tuning problem. I'm sure there are many more efficient and effective methods, and I'm = hoping other list members will share them with us. Mike Spalding ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Richard Brekne=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 7:50 AM Subject: Re: Tuning Tunes Interesting comments in light of some claims as to what can or cannot = be heard relative to temperament concerns by piano tuners. Here is a = piano tuner who actively employes the playing of a musical piece to help = him identify exactly temperament problems, and problems with unisons as = well.=20 I wonder if Mike might try and put words to how temperament problems = are sensed in this manner. Surely it is not in the same fashion as in = attempting to count beats in test intervals. I'd be very interested in = what you are actually listening (feeling ??) for=20 RicB=20 Mike Spalding wrote:=20 Hey Stars,=20 I like to start the Brahms Op 119 #1 at measure 24, through about = 50. It's=20 F most of the way, and gets all of the bass and tenor ringing. If = anything=20 is going to shake loose, this will do it. Then at measure 44 or so = there=20 are quiet arpeggios that tell me right away about temperament or = unison=20 problems. Also, a Mozart Andante, I forget which sonata it's from, = in=20 Gmajor. Again, it tells me about problems in the temperament or = unisons in=20 the tenor / treble.=20 regards,=20 Mike Spalding RPT=20 =20 --=20 Richard Brekne=20 RPT, N.P.T.F.=20 UiB, Bergen, Norway=20 mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no=20 http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html=20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6b/04/bd/0c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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