[CAUT] Too tall!!??

[McCoy, Alan]

"Fall to the great gadgets" or "Jump", depending on your perspective. :-)

When tuning multiple pianos together, having an ETD is helpful. Still important to check unisons of both together by ear if you can though, especially when working with dissimilar instruments.

Alan


-- Alan McCoy, RPT
Eastern Washington University
amccoy at ewu.edu



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From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
Reply-To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:24:36 -0700
To: Jeff Tanner <tannertuner at bellsouth.net>, CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Too tall!!??

hey Jeff..I'm strictly aural, so your message, though helpful to some, is all Greek to me.  Someday, I'll fall to the great gadgets out there.

thanks
Paul



From: "Jeff Tanner" <tannertuner at bellsouth.net>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Date: 04/09/2010 01:43 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Too tall!!??
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Hi Paul,
Been out of town, so I know I'm coming in late on this. If you have SAT III (I don't know about IV), you can also experiment with the library tunings for these two pianos, and not just a new FAC. Those would be pages 135 (B) and 138 (D). The tunings that come from the factory were calculated with the old mathematical curve used by SAT II, and you get very different results -- usually less stretched -- than with a new FAC.

Another option is to use the F4 tuning function, which only calculates from C3-F6, then match the bass and high treble aurally, or however you'd like, and quite often your FAC will even work just fine. Good chance that F4 of both pianos has a similar F4 stretch, but I don't have any handy to check right now.  I often prefer the temperament of the middle of the piano when I just use the F4 temperament, and because the partials change at F#, rather than at the Cs, you're at the fundamental at F#5-B5, which clears up the lights considerably through that section.

Other than these additional thoughts, I agree mostly with just tuning them to their FACs and not worrying about it.  Too much experience with expert musicians who can't hear the difference to worry about a cent or two that only we will notice. I once did 6 Baldwin Hamiltons together for a performance, that there wasn't time to actually syncronize their tuning for. I thought they sounded horrible, but I was out of time. All I heard were accolades about that.

Jeff Tanner


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From: Paul T Williams <mailto:pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
To: CAUTlist <mailto:caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 5:24 PM
Subject: [CAUT] Too tall!!??

Hi all.

this is a new one for me.  The Liszt Fest has started here at UNL through Saturday.  I just got a message from the stage manager. The pianists say the piano is too tall! It's on a piano truck.  What would I have them do....saw off a 1/2" of the legs? (LOL)   I'm thinking a half inch base under the lyre and bench (although it's adjustable) and paint them black.

Also, on another note; How do you all like to tune two pianos together?  One venue has a Baldwin D and Steinway D together, the other venue has a Steinway D and B to be tuned together on Friday (UGH!) I've done my usual for the 2 9'-ers but; Any tips on the 9' and 7' together would be great help.  I've never been happy with those two pianos together, but that's my only choice.

Thanks
Paul


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