On 05/11/2012 12:17 AM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > > SO, YES, PEOPLE, I do do a certain amount of checks - just not specifically the > "aural tuning" checks. > > Duaine > > Well Duanie, what do you think you're listening to when you tune an octave? Don't you "here" a wow wow of some sort? > I'm not sure if you realize it, but that is what we refer to as the beats. > <snip> > Maybe the reason you can't "here" the beats is because you don't know what to listen for. Play a C3 -0 E3 third, > and tell me what you hear. If the piano is tuned properly, it's called the natural vibrato of the piano. > Wim YES, I HERE THE BEATS. I just don't think it is necessary to drive myself totally nuts, just to figure out which chord is beating faster or slower - and - counting the beats !!!!! From here, refer to David Love's post. He sums it up nicely. Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home& Business user of Linux - 11 years
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