pitchlock followup 1

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Cy,
Not saying that it can not be done. I just wonder with all the differences
in notching, if one coupler could ever be made to cover all the varying
different situations.
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 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: pitchlock followup 1


> 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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