Tuning styles with octaves

[Chris Gregg]

Wayne,
         I think that what David is referring to is tuning to previously 
tuned unisons, as opposed to tuning with a strip mute and then pulling in 
the unisons.

Chris
At 08:36 AM 6/11/2004, you wrote:
>David:
>
>Please tell us more about open string tuning.  Only 2 years new in the
>business and still finding out what I don't know but getting better
>hopefully.
>
>Never heard of open string tuning till your post.  I've done that very thing
>but only to make small corrections and have used it as a time saver...please
>tell us more.
>
>And...I really need to thank all (many) those who replied to a message I
>posted several months ago about...smooth, creamy and delicious tunings I
>hear from Peter Clark...at the time I was getting fairly depressed about my
>tunings but things have gotten somewhat better...Thank you all.
>
>Wayne Lutzow
>Sacramento, CA
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Andersen" <bigda@gte.net>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:27 PM
>Subject: Re: Tuning styles with octaves
>
> > 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.
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