When I was tuning aurally I found that the temperament strip (literally used for the temperament) was best. Since temperaments vary slightly on different pianos, using a single, or more commonly, a four mute method, which I tried, just ended up with to many redos of notes already tuned. Since I tuned a two octave temperament, at least in part, I found that stripping A2, C#3, F3 - A4, worked the best. That allowed for minor adjustments to the temperament octave without have to retune entire unisons. After those unisons were pulled in, a two mute unisons as you go method worked best for me. But, to each his own. David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net Let's see. We'll talk about Bush and Kerry on the list, but when you're going to have a discussion of tuning you're going to take it off list? I think you ought to carry on this discussion here. When I read Jason's post I thought the question above echoed my own questions (or skepticism, if you will) about this single mute method. I don't have a lot of trouble seeing that it might work well outside the temperament octave, but I'm skeptical that it would result in a better temperament octave in a reasonable amount of time. I would appreciate more specific details about the process that you follow to set the temperament octave using one mute. Phil Ford _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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