Hi David, How much stretch are you talking about, can you describe it a bit more? I don't find my double, triple, etc. octaves to be flat, but I am not aware of any "intentional" stretching that I'm doing. I too am incredibly picky about beatless unisons. Though not all pianos co-operate as much as others, so sometimes it takes a while :) Thanks. -- John > Hey all---- > > I have absolutely no experience with HT or WT, but I've been tuning > good > grands in ET for 30 years, and have got to a place where, as has been > said > before, the piano tells me where it wants to be vis a vis the > stretch--- > but ALWAYS within a very small parameter of difference, and every grand > piano ALWAYS wants to be stretched. Unless you like your double, > triple, > and quadruple octaves to be flat, and your arpeggios to sound pinched > and > unfriendly. <g>. > > Beautiful, musical tuning starts with the absolute, stable precision > of the > temperament, which is then delivered to the rest of the piano via > octave > tuning; finally, the instrument starts to sing when the unisons become > truly > as one. It amazes me that as I grow in this craft, "setting a good > temperament" becomes more and more precise, shimming unisons and making > adjustments in incredibly small increments; "beatless," instead of > being a > tiny spot, sometimes can seem like the Grand Canyon; and unisons can be > stood absolutely stock still, from the moment of impact until the last > dying > whisper. After 30 years, I feel like I'm just beginning to understand > what a > really good tuning is. > > One good thing among many the EDT has brought is a return to > open-string > tuning---there is no more precise or fun way to tune a piano than with > all > the strings open and full. It's vertiginous and scary at first when > you quit > using the temperament strip---at least it was for me, 3 years ago---but > doing it has reinvigorated my tuning pleasure and, after thousands and > thousands of tunings, catapulted me into better and better work, which > guarantees a successful business. > Along with the Golden Rule. > And coffee. > And a buncha money. > An' a purty gurl thankin' ah'm a big stud.....oops--- OT! OT! OT! OT! > OT! > OT! > > Take care, all, and be happy..... > David Andersen > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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