tuning

[pianotune05]

Hi Dave,
I came across your e-mail from August. I ve been quite busy tryint to get 
established up here.   Anyway, thanks for the encouragement on whole sound 
tuning. I have that little book from Virgl Smith. It's great.  I asked that 
question out of curiosity as to how everyone here tunes.  I prefer hearing 
the entire sound myself.  I close my eyes and hone in.  The bass gives me 
the most headahce.  Have a great day.
Marshall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <david at davidandersenpianos.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: tuning


>> HI Everyone,
>> I notice that there are two schools of thought on tuning, tuning a pure
>> octave, or tuning octaves to partials.
> Well, it's not like that, Marshall. It's tuning a pure octave or
> stretching the octave slightly higher in the treble, slightly lower in the
> bass. It's not dependendent on "whole tone listening" or partial matching.
>
>  How does everyone here tune, a
>> pure octave or do you add beats to it?
> I stretch---to make the piano sound "right" to me, to sound musical.
>
> I spoke with someone today who
>> said that tuning to the whole sound or note isn't accurate.  What books
>> other than Reblitz address these two methods of tuning?
>> Marshall
>
> Whole tone tuning, when practiced by a good tuner, is incredibly accurate.
> Whoever made that statement to you is ignorant on the point,  with all
> due respect. PTG sells a little book by Virgil Smith about tuning that
> will set you straight, I believe.
>
> David Andersen
>
>