[pianotech] Stretch in tuning

[David Lawson]

My apologies for creating such a storm with my rhetorical question re 
stretching. It seems there are some who too feel that this whole question of 
tuning, is subject to different opinions. (What a surprise!!) The bottom 
line here, surely is, that there is no right or wrong answer, and we all 
play our own game, to establish what we feel is the best job we can do.
Piano tuning is not an exact science, due to the fact that we are dealing 
with an instrument that varies so much from one to the other, and is not 
perfect to start with. The mention of false beats tells it all, where it is 
impossible to achieve a perfect unison with three strings singing their own 
tune.
The argument between aural and ETD tuning is superfluous to the issue here.
IMO we are in a wonderful industry which gives us both challenges and great 
satisfaction at a job well done.
David Lawson
OZ