This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment My experience suggests that C8 at 43+ is not a conservative stretch but = a fairly healthy one. To my ear, I usually reduce the stretch (on the = SATIII via the DOB). On concert grands I seem to prefer it a bit under = 40. On smaller grands and uprights, in the mid 30's. Of course the = general scaling does make a difference. But generally I find the = standard setting on a SATIII over stretches. I am curious what other = people find. David Love=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David M. Porritt=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: October 21, 2001 7:40 AM Subject: Re: more on this temperament thing Bill: You've talked quite a bit of your "tempered octaves" but as one who = has seen everything from 2:1 octaves to outrageously stretched octaves I = don't know what kind of stretch you're talking about. Could you give us = some numbers so we can know what you mean by tempered octaves? =20 For example, when I tune a Steinway D my C6 is stretched to 5.06, C7 = is 16.11, and C8 is 43.84. This is what I consider a conservative = tuning. What kind of numbers do you get? On any piano, just measure = your C6, 7, & 8 and tell us what model piano it is, and how it stretches = with your tempered octaves. That would be very informative. Thanks, dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 10/21/01 at 7:19 AM Billbrpt@AOL.COM wrote: In a message dated 10/21/01 6:07:55 AM Central Daylight Time, = davidlovepianos@earthlink.net (David Love) writes:=20 That being said, if the pianist needs an altered tuning to create = excitement, he should practice more. It's always been my belief, as a piano technician that the better = prepared the piano, the better equipped the artist is. Remember that I = have not advocated *HT* as such for Jazz. To you, this implies = *altered* tuning which means something quite noticeably different and = thus creates an *interference* with what you do rather than provide an = enhancement.=20 I don't know if you can or have tried my EBVT but as I have designed = it (with Tempered Octaves), it is meant to enhance your playing, not = shock or disturb your musical sensibilities. It is meant to provide = definition, texture and clarity, not weird, jarring and shocking = dissonances. If the EBVT is still to *altered* for you, I believe you = might benefit from the Marpurg (also with my Tempered Octaves system). = I will give your piano an uncanny clean, crisp and clear sound but = absolutely will not create any distinction between keys.=20 Bill Bremmer RPT=20 Madison, Wisconsin _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/35/56/76/f6/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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