I still haven't heard any dissection of your PureTuner tuning...wasn't someone with a Verituner or such going to take a listen. David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Kent Swafford" <kswafford at gmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 7/23/2009 7:26:01 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] convention - tuning stuff... ><grin> >I for one am very glad that I did not broadcast my impressions after >my first few PureTuner tunings. Actually, it sounds like your first >tunings may have gone better than mine. (LOL) >Put some effort into OnlyPure and I wager you'll be more and more >pleased as time goes on. >Kent >On Jul 22, 2009, at 6:14 PM, Ron Koval wrote: >> I really liked the tuning on the Kawai for the evening recital - >> nice work Don M! I was waaay in the back; the piano had plenty of >> carry and a good range of tone. The next morning, I happened to be >> in Don's basic tuning class and found out how tough the tuning went >> - the regular dishes clanking at all the wrong times and a ten >> degree temp. range during the tuning! >> >> Kent Swafford tuned a P22 using the OnlyPure software. Since I had >> recently purchased my own copy, I was interested in finding out more >> about the calculated tunings. The interface has a killer display >> for really getting a precise result. Sadly for me, the overall >> result hasn't compared to what I can get with the Verituner custom >> styles. In fact, my first day tuning back home, my pocket pc with >> verituner had a fatal hang - I used the OnlyPure on a Kimball >> upright before I could pick up my verituner box for the rest of the >> day. The tuning felt "unpolished" - kindof like a really good one- >> pass pitch raise that has solid unisons, but the overall sheen and >> resonance just didn't make it. >> >> Some of us there had some good guessing games trying to take a stab >> at what the software must be doing! No hard data yet... >> >> Ron Koval >> chicagoland >> >> Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Search, add, and share the web’s latest >> sports videos. Check it out.
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