pitchlock followup 1

[Cy Shuster]

OK, good analogy -- but isn't a one-wire gate always easy to stretch tight?
Or better, isn't it easier to adjust one carburetor than two?  If you're
starting with three carburetors, why not sync all of them, instead of just
two out of three?  You say...

"Two strings slightly differing very easy to tell that they are not in
tune."

If you couple two out of three strings, doesn't that leave you with one vs.
the pair?

Put it this way: if you had four strings in a unison, how many would you
couple?

Just still scratching my head (as I do so often)...

--Cy--

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: pitchlock followup 1


> Hi Cy,
> Picture a barbed wire fence gate. It is easy to get a  two wire gate to
> stretch evenly enough to work. A three wire gate will always seem to have
> one wire that is looser than the other two, and four wire, two loose ones
> etc. There is the theory of three, that while only a theory,
>  helps me think about the issues involved in tuning,
> "Listening to one string, one can not tell if it is in tune without
another
> reference source such as a pitch pipe or tuning fork.
> Two strings slightly differing very easy to tell that they are not in
tune.
> When listening to three strings slightly out of tune, the three ring in
> sympathetic vibration with each other to mask the out of tuneness." Or
> something like that <G>
> In directing bands It is always easier to work with one to a part,  three
or
> more, but never easy with two.
> Working three strings with false beats is always easier in the end to get
an
> acceptable sound than two strings.
> Joe Goss
> imatunr@srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cy Shuster" <741662027@theshusters.org>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 6:35 AM
> Subject: Re: pitchlock followup 1
>
>
> > If you want to keep three strings in unison, why does the Pitchlock only
> > couple two of the three together?
> >
> > --Cy Shuster--
> > Bluefield, WV
> >
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