aural tuning

[Avery Todd]

Jim,

   And don't forget the differences in the pianos and the rooms affecting
the whole mix.
   Just adding to your confusion. :-)

Avery

>Hi Jimrpt and others:
>
>I have been accused of sidestepping (no, adroitly sidestepping) an issue.
>Out here in cattle country you learn to sidestep adroitly. In Florida,
>you learn to duck when the flyways are very active. Aren't you glad cows
>don't fly.
>
>In conducting a number of unofficial tuneoffs in my own class presentations
>I have learned that a large number of variations have been judged by a
>competent jury (room full of technicians) to be superior to other tuning
>variations. So who is to say what method of tuning is superior? In Austin
>and Olympia the pure 5ths tuning was judged to be superior. In Riverside
>a Coleman11 Well temperament was judged to be superior. Sometimes the
>piano tuned with RCT was judged to be superior, other times the piano tuned
>with the SAT was judged to be superior. Sometimes strictly aural tuning has
>been judged to be superior, other times electronic tuning has been judged
>to be superior.
>
>This is why I said "I don't know."
>
>Pardon me while I don my IAK (I am confused) button.
>
>Jim Coleman, Sr.


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