Tuning

[Loren Frost]

Hi, This tuning with perfect 5ths is interesting to me. Did I read it
right? I'd like to know more about it. Where do you start and what is the
procedure? Is there written material on this? I'm a music teacher who tunes
some. I'm slow because I don't tune a lot but tune quite well I think and
am anxious to learn as much as I can. Any help would be appreciated.

Loren Frost
> From: Howard S. Rosen  <hsrosen@emi.net>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Subject: Tuning
> Date: Monday, September 22, 1997 2:39 PM
> 
> Dear List,
> 
> Let's talk about a new topic...TUNING  (unusual for this list)
> 
> I am exhilarated by my recent tunings of equal temperament with perfect
> 5ths (a la Jim Colemen Sr. in recent PTJ article). Up until now my
musical
> ear for the past 25 years struggled against my tuner's ear for a
satisfying
> 5th and 6th octave. With this new tuning procedure I am able to stretch
> evenly and to the right amount for a greater sounding treble. By
stretching
> right from the temperament, using a PERFECT 5th as a guide, the resulting
> octaves are wider than what we are used to. (4ths are also slightly
faster)
> However, I'll accept it in return for a much more musical 5th and 6th
> octave. I really love to hear clean triple octaves now and the treble can
> be very satisfying when listening melodically.
> 
> Tuning a new temperament is always difficult and time consuming until you
> get used to it. I suggest that you spend 4 or 5 minutes at each job. When
> you get stuck, return to your old method and move on. After a few days
you
> will be getting used to the new procedure. 
> 
> TRY IT........YOU'LL LIKE IT