On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:09 AM, Willem Blees <wimblees at aol.com> wrote: > Jon > > A lot has to do with the quality of the piano. For good quality grands, I > use the checks you do, or the two octave and a 7th. On less quality grands > and most vertical pianos, I mostly listen to octaves and double octaves. > > Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT > Piano Tuner/Technician > Honolulu, HI > 808-349-2943 > www.bleespiano.com > Author of > The Business of Piano Tuning > available from Potter Press > www.pianotuning.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Golding <jgmdpiano at gmail.com> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 4:07 pm > Subject: question for aural tuners > > When tuning the last octave of the piano's bass section I would like to > know people's opinions on how they get the best results. For me, I find this > a tricky area to get consistently good results. Some bass strings sound dead > whereas others are harsh sounding and some have lots of overtones. As well, > each piano seems to have a different amount of stretch to take into > consideration. When tuning the last octave I usually check using the Maj > 17th against the Maj 10th for approximate equal beating. When I play the > octaves together harmonically I find that this leaves the last octave > sounding too high to my ear. Any comments or suggestions? Any single partial > for this area which could be helpful? > Thanks, Jon > ------------------------------ > The Famous, the Infamous, the Lame - in your browser. Get the TMZ Toolbar > Now <http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014>! > Hi Jon, I have to agree with Willem that the quality will dictate which method works best, I have also discovered since I began using them that earplugs (20db) help cut down on some of the "garbage" allowing me to hear more easily what I trained myself for over 35 years to find among that "garbage". I use the maj 17th as a final check "walking" up the keyboard and listening for that smooth progression of beat rates. When I find one that is faster or slower I check it for tune and begin again. Mike -- Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Vince Lombardi Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080718/8e87c421/attachment-0001.html
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