Oh, for heaven's sake! If I'm spelling it wrong *blush* I would certainly want to know ASAP. Actually, I appreciate it. :D A rasberry to everyone! "PFTHHHHHHHT" :p ;) (As you can tell, I'm real big on smiley faces, etc.) With Silliness, mags > John, > > You obviously missed the sweetness with which I wrote that...;--] It was > info for a newbie and lately we have several on list who could possibly > benefit from it. I suggest you try not to make something out of > nothing...that's what breeds ill-will on the list. > > David Ilvedson > > > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> > To: <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>, Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > Received: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 16:40:00 -0300 > Subject: Re: Difficulty Hearing Beats While Setting Temperament > > >>Picky, picky. >>You know what she meant. >>It could be her spell checker wasn't on. >>You could have corrected her direct, instead of on the list. > >>John M. Ross >>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada >>jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net> >>To: <mags@magsmusic.net>; <pianotech@ptg.org> >>Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 4:28 PM >>Subject: Re: Difficulty Hearing Beats While Setting Temperament > > >>> FYI it's "spinet" >>> >>> David I. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- >>> From: Maggie Jusiel <mags@magsmusic.net> >>> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >>> Received: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 03:11:14 +1200 (NZST) >>> Subject: Re: Difficulty Hearing Beats While Setting Temperament >>> >>> >>>>I haven't read the other responses you got, but wanted to mention that >>>> if >>>>it's a spinnet, change pianos. I practiced on spinnets when I first >>>>started, and it was more of a handicap than a help. When I got to >>>>practice on Steinways, Kawais, etc., I could hear the beats quite >>>> clearly, >>>>and was able to hear the spinnet later. Of course, it was my >>>> difficulty >>>>with spinnets that led me to get an ETD, which I still love having. ;) >>> >>>>-mags >>> >>> >>>>> I have been trying to set the temperament on my piano and am having >>>>> trouble hearing the correct beat rates of the intervals. The problem >>>>> is >>>>> that the beats are so weak they are hardly perceptible. I have strip >>>>> muted >>>>> the piano and was able to tune A49 on the piano to the A440 tuning >>>>> fork >>>>> by >>>>> comparing the beat rate of the note and the fork with F21. I am now >>>>> trying >>>>> to tune the other notes within the temperament octave and get the >>>>> beat >>>>> rates of the F-A, A-C#, C#-F and F-A to gradually increase from 7 bps >>>>> to >>>>> 14 bps, but they are very difficult to hear. What can be done to hear >>>>> the >>>>> beats more clearly? I have been studying tuning for several months >>>>> now, >>>>> but the beats of the intervals are still difficult to hear. I don't >>>>> have >>>>> much trouble with unisons as I can hear the beats more distinctly, >>>>> and >>>>> the >>>>> improvement in the quality of the note when I reach the pure state is >>>>> very >>>>> noticeable. >>>>> >>>>> I have an SAT III tuning device that enables me to tune the piano >>>>> very >>>>> well, and to check my aural tuning, but I want to be able to tune the >>>>> piano completely by ear so that I can eventually pass the PTG >>>>> examinations. Thank you for your help. >>>>> >>>>> Robert Finley >>> >>> >>>>Maggie Jusiel >>>>Piano Tuner >>>>Winds & Strings Teacher >>>>PO Box 1234 >>>>Athens, WV 24712-1234 >>>>(304)952-8615 >>>><mags@magsmusic.net> >>>><http://www.magsmusic.net> >>> >>> >>>><http://www.casparwicky.net/quotepage.html> >>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>> > > > Maggie Jusiel Piano Tuner Winds & Strings Teacher PO Box 1234 Athens, WV 24712-1234 (304)952-8615 <mags@magsmusic.net> <http://www.magsmusic.net> <http://www.casparwicky.net/quotepage.html>
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