Tuning for violinists

[James Grebe]

I once had a client, a violinist, who kept telling me my last octave was
flat.  I told him I would tune it to his liking.  The first note WE tuned
was over 1.5 steps sharp and he was still saying it was flat.  I gave up and
no longer tune for him.  Does not matter if you tune aurally or digitally.
James Grebe
Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair
Artisan of Wood
WWW.JamesGrebe.com
1526 Raspberry Lane
Arnold, MO 63010
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Gregg" <cdgregg@telus.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: Tuning for violinists


>
>
> Learn to tune aurally and the problem will go away. Most violinists tune
> their instruments aurally, and just the fact that you can tune the piano
> aurally will instill confidence in your abilities to them.  Stretch will
> take care of itself.  I disagree with the notion that violinists want a
> sharp treble. I have found that my tuning stability has improved since I
> have been tuning aurally. My tunings have also become more
> musical.  Something that I am sure some violinists can relate to.
>
> Chris Gregg
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