There continues to be some confusion about OnlyPure being equated with a P-12ths tuning. I posted this over on the college and university tech list (caut): ************************************* Let's follow the <thin> clues we have so far. 1. Stopper has stated that his tuning is NOT a P-12ths tuning. 2. I've experimented with P-12ths tunings, they don't seem appropriate for many types of pianos. (edit - especially smaller ones) 3. Kent stated that he's tried the OnlyPure on many types of pianos and the tuning "worked" for all of them. (edit again - even the small ones) 4. Stopper's definition of "pure" is not the same as the traditional tuner's nomenclature of a partial match. (something about where the sum of beats of all relevant partial matches of octave and octave-fifth are at a minimum...) ********************************************* This last one is important - it puts to rest the idea of just tuning via two partials - the fundamental (1) of the top note of a 12th matched with the third partial (3) of the bottom note - for a 3:1 match. Likewise, it's not a 2:1 or a 4:2 or a 6:3... match of a single octave with a particular amount of stretch added. (more like how most of the current electronic gear handles the tuning puzzle.) This would seem to suggest that when tuning a note going up, the 2:1, 3:1, 4:2, 6:3, and 6:2 beats would be considered for the placement where the sum of all of those beats are at a minimum... (not sure how many partial matches are actually used for the software) Interesting... Ron Koval _________________________________________________________________ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail®. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TXT_MSGTX_WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090308/de46c9c2/attachment.html>
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