Hi Antares, What I mean is the following. A. Every time we move one string even a little there are consequences. If we increase tension or decrease it then the pitch of the nearby (and sometimes not so nearby) strings will change. Not much, but a small amount. B. When the beating on a unison *stops* the note is functionally in tune. It is not "perfectly" in tune. We do wander around within this area of no beating looking for a "sweet spot". Of course the very act of doing so affects the other strings. C. Assuming concert level skills and zero time constraints and zero budget retraints we spend several hours in a totally humidity and temperature controlled concert hall with near perfect accoustics. Then the barometric pressure changes...and the partial pressure of the soundboard allows moisture to escape or to enter. Bingo the piano is every so slightly out of tune. So I say that we can not attain perfection, but that we should strive to acheive it using *all* the resources we have at our disposal. I think what we are doing transcends any spoken language--but perhaps poetry can approach the meaning--one art form being used to describe another. DILEMMA TWO The unison is near. At night it rumages, tickle-footed over my sleeping ears. In the dark, sometimes I feel alien fur brush, flexed claws drag, hunched body tensed to spring, stalking me, fangs dripping The unison is near, yet never close enough. Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Center of the Arts mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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