Tuneoff challenge

[Farrell]

Hi Ed. I use the (what I think to be) more common approach of tuning the
center string to the SAT III and then tuning the two outside strings. Can
you give the philosophy behind your approach (I'm always interested in
something new/different), advantages/disadvantages, etc. I have mostly found
that I can get a cleaner unison tuning by ear - but maybe you are doing
something different. Thanks. Oh, and how do you mute.

P.S.  What it a Weinreich?

Terry Farrell

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Subject: Re: Tuneoff challenge


> Moody writes:
>
> << With this accuracy I would think machines might have an edge over the
> ear tuning unisons.  Yet it is often said the machine is not used to tune
> unisons. I wonder why?  >>
>
> Greetings,
>    I use my machine on ALL my trichords, but only the two outside strings.
> Then the middle string is placed aurally.  I now know that I am a
"Weinreich"
> tuner, in that I am paying attention to the phasing of the three.  The
> aurally set middle string is not always stopping the lights by itself, but
> the overall effect is one of clarity and sustain.  I find this the
quickest
> way to get even sounding unisons.
>     Some notes occasionally don't sound fine, so I begin listening to
> individual strings, but they are the exception.
> Regards,
> Ed Foote
>