Hi Richard. I take the approach of tuning both as closely together only when the instruments have very similar characteristics. If I have two very different pianos I generally try to find a happy medium between them, but I definatly want each piano to sound good on its own. I get the feeling that when the instruments are played simultaneously, there is generally so much sound going on that any differences caused by inharmonicity and other concerns are going to get more or less lost in the wash. Its realllllly rare that you have that passage with just one note at a time on both pianos, and exactly the same notes played in such a way that a direct comparisson between the two or more instruments is going to happen anyways. I do find that matching the bass as best as possible seems to be a good idea tho. Something about that low end rumble that you feel more then hear... but perhaps this is more my imagination then anything else. RicB Richard West wrote: > Here's another scenario: Is there one piano that is the most exposed or > has the most playing time? If there is, tune that one as best you can. > This would be your "supertuning." Record the tuning carefully on your > RCT or SAT and then tune the other three to match the first one. > > One question related to all of this is which is more important, matching > unisons piano to piano or having each tuned well and let the unisons > between the two fall where they may. I have never tuned more than 2 > piano together, but when I do, I pick one, tune that one the best I can > and then match unisons. I figure having one piano tuned and > sacrificing the other is better than not having either one in tune. What > do you all think? > > Richard West > University of NE -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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