Sorry, David. You're right; that's too zippy for the RPT test, and that's what this thread started with. Not too zippy for the real world at all---in fact I beleive that the quick 4ths and very slow 5ths are a big part of solving the ET puzzle, and having every tuning sound just awesome, which translates into business success. The guy that makes the piano sound a lot better wins, quite simply and brutally. An ideal ET temperament, locked-in and stabilized with open string tuning, then applied to the rest of the piano with adequate stretch, which usually means "beatless" triple octaves throughout, will stand out from most others, and can be your entree into the high end---if you want to go there. BTW, Dale Erwin told me he heard a piano of yours that he was deeply impressed with.....I love to hear that. Cheers, David A. > While this may work well in practice, it might be a tad zippy for the > RPT test. Maybe that's one problem with the set up of the test. It > doesn't tolerate different tuning styles that well. The tolerances in > the temperament octave are fairly small and a 2bps fourth may be pushing > the envelope. > > David Love > davidlovepianos@comcast.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On > Behalf Of David Andersen > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 8:43 AM > To: Pianotech > Subject: Re: Sanderson Temperament > >> Uh, 2 bps for 4ths? Isn't that a tad zippy? >> >> Alan Barnard >> Salem, Missouri > > > It FEELS zippy when you listen to it one string and one string; but the > magic of a 3-string unison, tuned well, somehow mitigates the > zippiness---in > other words, the 2 bps roll doesn't sound pronounced at all when it's in > context with everything else, and the quick 4ths and slow 5ths are > absolutely necessary---IMO--- for a concert-sounding, musical tuning. > > Zippy is a good word, Alan....you win a fabulous parting gift....<g> > > David Andersen > Richpeoplesville, California > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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