John: I've thought about what you wrote below, have read similar statements before, and am not sure what it really means. Do you mean the natural stretch beyond the theoretical 1:2 frequency ratio that is necessary to achieve a chosen octave type? Or do you mean that for a given scaling, a certain octave type is best? If the latter, how would this be determined? Maybe you mean something else that I haven't thought of. Btw, I am strictly an aural tuner, but understand inharmonicity. On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:31 PM, John Formsma <formsma at gmail.com> wrote: <snip> > > What helps most is getting the correct stretch for the piano. If you do > this, the break becomes less of an issue. (On some pianos, there will always > be inconsistencies, but that's unchangeable until the scale is changed.) > It's helpful to start with a temperament that spans two octaves. But > eventually, I think the more one tunes aurally, the better one can hear what > will work best even if he is working within one octave for the temperament. > <snip> > > -- > JF > > -- >> Regards, >> Jeff Deutschle >> >> Please address replies to the List. Do not E-mail me privately. Thank You. >> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20081020/a27f77ff/attachment.html
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