Aural vs. electronic again

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What, please is meaning of "unison shimming," Comrade?

Alan
Salem, MO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@vermontel.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: Aural vs. electronic again


> At 8:19 PM -0800 1/19/03, David Love wrote:
> >I'm not sure I understand what you are saying.  If, after tuning the
> >temperament octave with an ETD (A3 - A4 in the case of Verituner), I am
> >progressing now down to G#3, I simply tune the note as indicated by the
> >machine.  I then quickly hit the octave G#3-G#4 to be sure.  If I am
tuning
> >aurally, I will test with a third-sixth test or M3rd-M10, listen to the
> >thirds progression, listen to the octave, tweak, listen again.  How could
> >that be faster, unless misunderstand you?
>
> I skip the octave tests unless there is a false beat or some similar
> disturbance in the sound which confuses the sound of an octave beat
> rate by itself. Using unison shimming, I make an adjustment in the
> unison equivalent to the error I hear in the octave (and I'm not just
> talking about "G#3-G#4", but the 4:2 or 6:3 there-inside). The octave
> is cleaned up that way. Listening to the progression of intervals
> does require unavoidable time.
>
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
>
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