[pianotech] Octaves & Unions

Duaine Hechler dahechler at att.net
Fri Feb 4 00:19:02 MST 2011


On 02/04/2011 12:59 AM, Duaine Hechler wrote:
> On 02/03/2011 09:28 PM, Wim Blees wrote:
>   
>> This is meant for Duaine, but also other tuners who use an ETD
>> exclusively.
>>
>> When you tune an octave and/or a unison, how do you know which string
>> of the unison, or which note of the octave to tune? How do you know
>> which one is right?
>>
>> Wim
>>
>>
>> Sent from my HTC PURE™, a Windows® phone from AT&T
>>     
> On the octaves, I don't bother checking until the whole process is done.
>
> On bichords, I tune the left string, then the right string to the left.
>
> On trichords, I tune the middle string, then the right string to the
> middle, then the left to the middle. (It all depends on how I move the
> mutes, but always the middle string first)
>
> Duaine
>   
Should have mentioned that, after the first string is set to Cybertuner,
the other unisons are always done - a u r a l l y .

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