<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6001.18148" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kent-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you. This is the best sounding Cable Nelson spinet I recall hearing. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kswafford@gmail.com href="mailto:kswafford@gmail.com">Kent Swafford</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] P-12ths was: Tuning a Steinway D andaBosendorferImperial together</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>On Oct 16, 2008, at 2:24 PM, Ed Sutton wrote:</DIV> <DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have you been tuning some small, compromised scale pianos as well as larger grands?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What do you hear in the mid-range 3rds, 4ths,5ths and 8vas? Particularly on small pianos. </FONT></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV> <DIV>Many have asked how Pure Tuner does on not-so-good pianos.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Today I tuned a Cable-Nelson spinet made by Everett. I was pleased to find an Everett spinet, because it has been my experience that Everett spinets have the highest inharmonicity on the planet.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>An audio file is at:</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.kentswafford.com/mp3/cn.mp3">www.kentswafford.com/mp3/cn.mp3</A></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>The recording follows the form set by the previous Steinway/Bösendorfer recording:</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Arpeggios, Chord of Nature progression, chromatic filled-in triple octave across entire keyboard, chromatic 12ths across entire keyboard, and finally some chromatic 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, and 6ths in the midrange.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>The only software needed to play the audio file is a web browser and associated software that can play an MP3 file. Quicktime or the Windows Media Player should be fine. The audio file is large, over 5 MB, so it will take some patience while it downloads.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Kent Swafford</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>