First off, thanks to everyone for all the nice words of encouragement. My wife and I appreciate it. I'll let you know as we find out any information. Here is the experiment for today. I don't have a SAT, so it is not represented in this test. To compare the machine calculations, I used each in it's default mode and followed printed directions to sample notes and create a tuning. Same piano, in a practice room. Since RCT and TLpro use different default partials, direct comparison is not possible. VT lists multiple partials, so I can list RCT/VT and TLpro/VT. partial/RCT#/VT# (from A0 to C8) 6___-11.18__-17.33 6___-10.25__-16.05 6___-9.41___-15.32 6___-8.63___-13.32 6___-7.89___-14.85 6___-7.20___-16.50 6___-6.55___-15.99 6___-5.96___-14.68 6___-5.40___-13.36 6___-4.87___-12.07 6___-4.36___-11.24 6___-3.88___-10.11 6___-3.45____-9.47 6___-3.02____-8.16 6___-2.61____-6.29 6___-2.29____-4.44 6___-1.96____-5.38 6___-1.66____-6.57 6___-1.38____-6.12 6___-1.08____-5.40 6___-0.77____-4.69 6___-0.41____-3.81 6___-0.05____-2.94 6____0.40____-2.13 3___-2.08____-7.42 3___-1.67____-6.23 3___-1.28____-4.49 3___-1.00____-2.75 3___-0.75____-3.81 3___-0.52____-5.11 3___-0.32____-4.78 3___-0.11____-4.19 3____0.12____-3.59 3____0.41____-2.82 3____0.69____-2.08 3____1.09____-1.38 3____1.53____-1.17 3____2.01____-0.88 3____2.53____-0.56 3____3.14____-0.21 3____3.83_____0.15 3____4.51_____0.53 3____5.22_____0.94 3____5.97_____1.39 3____6.75_____1.86 3____7.52_____2.33 3____8.30_____2.82 3____9.07_____3.36 2____2.98_____1.45 2____3.49_____1.48 2____4.03_____1.57 2____4.36_____1.74 2____4.78_____1.97 2____5.07_____2.24 2____5.39_____2.57 2____5.81_____3.08 2____6.31_____3.74 2____7.01_____4.34 2____7.69_____5.02 2____8.75_____5.97 1____4.25_____1.75 1____4.82_____1.80 1____5.44_____1.95 1____6.13_____2.20 1____6.92_____2.54 1____7.68_____2.95 1____8.47_____3.44 1____9.35_____4.04 1___10.26_____4.71 1___11.21_____5.40 1___12.16_____6.14 1___13.19_____6.93 1___14.32_____7.75 1___15.50_____8.12 1___16.75_____8.56 1___17.37_____9.05 1___18.33_____9.70 1___18.84____10.65 1___19.45____11.68 1___20.48____13.07 1___21.77____14.82 1___23.78____17.29 1___25.74____19.60 1___29.05____22.10 1___33.18____24.02 1___38.33____25.92 1___43.48____28.08 1___48.64____29.77 Wow! I just typed this out; I've never seen a tuning diverge this much even in the middle. Hmmmm.... Let's see how TLpro compares. Remember, these are different partials being compared this time. Also, these aren't tweaked tunings, just using the default settings. partial/TLpro/VT 6__-6.15___-17.33 6__-5.78___-16.05 6__-5.42___-15.32 6__-5.08___-13.32 6__-4.76___-14.85 6__-4.44___-16.50 6__-4.13___-15.99 6__-3.83___-14.68 6__-3.54___-13.36 6__-3.26___-12.07 6__-2.98___-11.24 6__-2.71___-10.11 6__-2.44____-9.47 6__-2.18____-8.16 6__-1.91____-6.29 6__-1.65____-4.44 6__-1.38____-5.38 6__-1.11____-6.57 6__-0.83____-6.12 6__-0.55____-5.40 4__-2.65____-9.70 4__-2.36____-7.97 4__-2.07____-6.75 4__-1.79____-5.66 4__-1.51____-4.45 4__-1.23____-3.88 4__-0.95____-3.31 4__-0.67____-1.96 4__-0.39____-2.60 4__-0.09____-3.44 4___0.20____-2.85 4___0.51____-2.23 2__-1.47____-4.75 2__-1.28____-3.97 2__-1.09____-3.29 2__-0.90____-2.58 2__-0.70____-2.35 2__-0.50____-2.13 2__-0.30____-1.88 2__-0.09____-1.61 2___0.13____-1.32 2___0.36____-1.01 2___0.59____-0.66 2___0.84____-0.29 2___1.10_____0.10 2___1.38_____0.53 2___1.67_____0.99 2___1.98_____1.44 1___0.00_____0.00 1___0.17____-0.10 1___0.35____-0.16 1___0.54____-0.17 1___0.74____-0.11 1___0.95_____0.04 1___1.17_____0.25 1___1.42_____0.51 1___1.67_____0.84 1___1.95_____1.10 1___2.24_____1.43 1___2.56_____1.79 1___2.90_____1.75 1___3.26_____1.80 1___3.65_____1.95 1___4.07_____2.20 1___4.52_____2.54 1___5.01_____2.95 1___5.53_____3.44 1___6.09_____4.04 1___6.70_____4.71 1___7.36_____5.40 1___8.06_____6.14 1___8.83_____6.93 1___9.65_____7.75 1__10.53_____8.12 1__11.49_____8.56 1__12.52_____9.05 1__13.63_____9.70 1__14.83____10.65 1__16.12____11.68 1__17.52____13.07 1__19.03____14.82 1__20.65____17.29 1__22.41____19.60 1__24.30____22.10 1__26.34____24.02 1__28.55____25.92 1__30.93____28.08 1__33.50____29.77 So, there ARE differences between the tuning gear out there. This is a tough piano, I'm sure a "better" one would show less of a difference. I wanted to throw the numbers out there to substantiate the claims that something new is going on with the VT tunings. I'm not, however, going to take the time to tune this piano with each of the different gear and report back. I know from past experience that each might be acceptable, but I prefer the VT tunings. Ron Koval _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
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