On 05/12/2012 08:05 PM, David Love wrote: > Admittedly, I have not. My knowledge about how the master tuning is done > comes from a couple of discussions over the years. In both cases, that I > can recall, the procedure went something like this: The piano was tuned > using an ETD (Accutuner in both cases). When it was done then the three > techs went through it and tweaked until the got what they liked. My > recollection is that in both cases it was not the temperament that got > tweaked but other parts of the piano to comport with the general guidelines > 4:2 mid section, 6:3 bass, 2:1 treble as is indicated in the review > materials that one receives prior to taking the test. That would mirror my > experience as well, btw, that the temperament section rarely needs > correction from a calculated tuning (assuming you actually hit the marks) > and that it's the crossovers and some anomalous areas that sometimes can > stand to be refined. I don't know whether that is the standard procedure or > not or if there is one since it is being reported in various ways. But that > was my understanding. Since examinees are given pass guidelines as > indicated above I would hope that there would be some consistency in how the > master tunings were done. > > I'm certainly open to arguments as to why an aural test of temperament > section (and the octave section for that matter) is necessary for RPT > status. So far I have not been convinced by anything I've heard. > > > David Love > www.davidlovepianos.com AMEN ! AND, if - ANY - part of the "master" tuning is done by - ANY - ETD - then, what the hell, is the whole test for ????? AGAIN, I thought the whole point of this, is learning and perfecting AURAL tuning ????? -- 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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