pitch raise question

[justpianos at our.net.au]

The english word is "descant", or upper voice.
Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner.




>>From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
>>Precisely my question: What does diskant mean? It's not in the
>> dictionary.
>
> Sorry, I thought it´s an international term, but seems to be German only.
> It
> means high trebble.
>
> As aural tuner I always did pitch raise in two passes only with 25 cent
> flat
> or more. With 16 cent it never was a problem  and between 16 and 25 cent
> flat I tell the customer to call again 6 weeks later (with private
> customers
> without a concert that day).
>
> Overpulling by 30 cents in the middle and 36 cent in the trebble seems a
> little bit to much. I am afraid of cracking strings.
>
> Gregor
>
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