In a message dated 1/24/01 7:49:17 PM Central Standard Time, istuner@islandia.is writes: << Thatīs why I raised an eyebrow when a colleague of mine told me he tuned only using two mutes. No temperament strip, so when he does the temperament he has to tune all the strings of a given unison, and then tunes the next note. Now, if he has to change a note, (which is quite normal when tuning temperament as you know) he has to tune all the unisons again! He says it doesnīt take more time, that the time of putting the strip in weighs against the time it takes to tune all the strings all the time. This is as rheumatic as two dry toasts, I feel. (plagiarized from Shakespeare) What do you think? Do any of you do this? Kristinn >> If you try to do this when you are not used to it, I am sure it is going to take a lot longer. I personally wouldn't do it that way, although I had to do it once, when I forgot my temperament strips at home. It took me a LOT longer, but again, I wasn't used to doing it that way. But it isn't the time element that would keep me from doing it. It is hard enough to hear beats with one string, and especially when there is a false beat. But if one of the stings of the unisons is off by as little as one-tenth of a cent, it can give a different beat rate of the interval you are trying to tune. Of course one advantage of doing it the other way is that you learn very quickly to knock in those unisons really tight in a hurry. Willem
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