When I went to school, we tuned unisons 1 hour a day for 3 months. That is where you begin tuning, imho... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "David Boyce" <David at piano.plus.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Received: 8/19/2008 12:52:06 PM Subject: Re: Tuning stability and efficiency >In his weighty tome Theory and Practice of Piano Tuning. A manual on the >art, techniques and theory, Dr. Brian Capleton observes on Page 298: >" Tuning a "muted scale", in which a strip of felt is inserted between the >trichords, is a helpful part of the learning process, because it allows the >student to concentrate on tempering issues without the complication of >tuning unisons. It also allows the student to begin tackling tempering >intervals and tuning a scale, even before mastering unison tuning. Tuning of >the scale professionally, however, should ALWAYS be done by using a wedge, >completing the unisons note by note, as scale construction proceeds. The >drawback of this, for the learner, is that it requires excellent unsion >tuning skills as a pre-requisite. Any poorly tuned unison trichord will have >its movement or weakness inherited by every tempered interval of which it is >a member. It will especially show up in the perfect fifths". >That's his observation, anyway! >Best, >David.
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