[pianotech] aurally pure tunings

[Kent Swafford]

OnlyPure for the guitar has been released on iPhone, but not the  
version for piano.

No, the OnlyPure display is not adjustable. However, OnlyPure gives a  
readout of how many cents off the pitch is; you can use the readout  
instead of the diamond display, to start. That is, you can tune +/- 1  
cent or whatever instead of zeroing the display.

I am not a speed tuner, but I can do tunings in a reasonable amount of  
time. After all, most of the tunings I do are done in an institution  
on a very strict deadline.


Kent


On May 4, 2009, at 10:32 PM, Roy wrote:

> Kent:
> Is the display adjustable? The reason I ask is that I had the chance  
> to try the OnlyPure software recently.  I did some work for someone  
> who tunes his own piano. He had the software on his iPhone.  I was  
> anxious to try it, but quickly put it away.  I found it to be overly  
> sensitive. So much so that I thought that it was virtually  
> unusable.  Maybe I could get use to it, but at that time I didn't  
> want to take the time.  It was obvious that it was going to take me  
> much longer to tune using OnlyPure.  Maybe this is what you are  
> talking about in regards to developing your hammer technique?  The  
> guy who owned the software isn't a tech, and he didn't seem to know  
> much about the settings.
>
> I'm not doubting that you can get nice tunings.  I have heard your  
> recordings.  But I don't want to take two or three times as long on  
> every tuning either.  Maybe there's just more of a learning curve  
> than I was ready for in that situation.
>
> Well, that was my initial impression.  I would like to have a chance  
> to work with it further.
>
> Regards,
> Roy Peters, RPT
> Cincinnati, Ohio
>
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kent Swafford <kswafford at gmail.com>
>> Sent: May 4, 2009 5:19 PM
>> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>, College and University  
>> Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
>> Subject: [pianotech] aurally pure tunings
>>
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>> Early on, I realized that the characteristic OnlyPure sound depended
>> upon, among other things, very clean unisons. I also realized that  
>> the
>> unique accuracy of the OnlyPure display lent itself very, very well  
>> to
>> fine unison tuning. In the last several months I have worked very  
>> hard
>> to improve my hammer technique to improve my ability to tune unisons
>> very accurately. I believe it is clear that my efforts, which are
>> still ongoing, are beginning to pay off.
>>
>
>> PS to Ed Sutton --
>>
>> Show me any fine unisons anywhere and I'll show you unisons that were
>> tuned "laboriously"; it's the only way they happen.   8^)
>>
>> KES
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