Hi André How's life, > >What is so special about muting the entire instrument? >Well, the middle string of each unison is the best string for tuning.... On what grounds do come to this conclusion. please elaborate. >by >muting all unisons (except the bass strings) we only use the middle strings. >If we start tuning the temperament, we usually have only one octave, or one >octave and a half. >I use the one octave temperament, meaning, that by muting the unisons I "only" >tune 13 strings. I assume you do checks as you go down the bass and treble which will show up faults in your scale if any, so you can re-adjust. >After having finished the temperament and bass section, I turn right into the >treble. >I still have only one string per unison, and it is a pleasure to listen to and >very easy for tuning too. >It is amazing how much more we can concentrate because of this procedure. I agree to treble is more audible, less distractions to contend with However, you still have to put the unison in and put up with the distraction when you check you octave when you have out the unison in >And...finishing the basic tuning with a mute thus becomes "two pieces of cake". >It is a very safe and fast method..mistakes on the way up can easily be >corrected. >After having done all this, tuning the remaining unison "becomes three pieces of >cake"...we can relax and concentrate on "setting the pins" and we do not have to >worry anymore about the tuning being correct or not...we have already made a >perfect tuning, finishing the unisons becomes a pleasurable way of earning easy >money! (to buy a piece of cake for your partner or a friend) Part of a stable tuning is not just setting the pin, it is setting the string. on eyes strings not as big a problem you way, however on return string you have to equalise the tension on both returns, so running down the unison is more than likely to put the odd middle string out as you go along so I would not say it is a piece of cake. having said all of that at the end of the day it does not matter how we tune as long as you get there in the end and the customer is happy. Take care Barrie, -- Barrie Heaton | Be Environmentally Friendly URL: http://www.airtime.co.uk/forte/piano.htm | To Your Neighbour The UK PIano Page | pgp key on request | HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED
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