Hey Now, I believe the article you are referring to is March of 2006 written by Brent Collins. That issue also has a re-print of Jack Stebbins December of 1994. Pardon me all if I'm late in the game. Just catching up tonight. Steve Pura Vida > [Original Message] > From: Bob Hull <hullfam5 at yahoo.com> > To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> > Date: 3/6/2007 9:40:18 PM > Subject: Re: Aural Tuning- Pianos with High Inharmonicity > > Hi Greg, > > Have you looked at the PACE tuning lesson books? > Also, maybe search out the George Defebaugh > temperament sequence. Using contiguous M3rds may help > because their beat speeds are faster and easier to > hear than relying only on 4ths and 5ths. > > There is a great way to set the F3-A3 major 3rd > accurately for any piano. (was it Jack Stebbins' > method?) It has been written about recently in the > Journal maybe a year or two ago. Maybe someone can > chime in with the month/yr. and title of that article. > It uses contiguous M3rds above and below F3-A3 to set > its beat speed exactly between these two outer M3rds. > > > --- Greg Livingston <pianotuner440 at hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > (This is for my aural-tuning colleagues; I am three > > college tuitions away > > from an ETD...) > > > > Today I struggled with a 70's Acrosonic and no > > matter what I did, it still > > sounded lousy. I tune aurally, using Bill Bremmer's > > chain (April-May 2004 > > PTG Journal). Finally, I went back to my old > > standby, 4ths and 5ths, and got > > it sounding okay. > > > > When you tune a PSO, do you spread the F-A third > > wide? Do you set it at 7 > > bps or more? Do you try to get the F-D to match the > > A-C#? > > No. F3-D3 will match the beat speed of G3-B3 - this is > the outside 6th, inside 3rd test. > > >Or do just try to > > get the octaves as beat-free as you can? How do you > > deal with these beasts? > > Don't waste too much time on them. > > > > My wife says I shouldn't take on any more > > spinets...maybe she's right... > > > > _______________________________________ > > Gregory P. Livingston, Piano Tuning and Service > > 781-237-9178 > > Piano Technicians Guild, associate member > > (Boston chapter) > > > > * * * > > Always remember September 11, 2001 > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Mortgage rates as low as 4.625% - Refinance $150,000 > > loan for $579 a month. > > Intro*Terms > > > https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=100000035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&search =mortgage_text_links_88_h27f6&disc=y&vers=743&s=4056&p=5117 > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ > Bored stiff? Loosen up... > Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. > http://games.yahoo.com/games/front >
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