hey kids---love to jump in on a lot of these threads; just had major surgery on my left hand to repair RA-damaged tendons and ligaments, and now typing w/ one finger...installing new Mac-based dictation program...we'll see how it goes....please send me healing mojo....in a splint for a month..... xoDavid Andersen On Mar 20, 2008, at 12:22 PM, Steve Blasyak wrote: > Hey Now, > > First let me make clear I am not posting this for the sake of > argument, just to continue the discussion. I have been following > this thread with interest. The idea of tuning unisons as you go I > accept and practice. However I don't understand what using a > temperament strip has to do with it? I tune unisons as I go, and > have been doing so for a long time, yet I use a temperament strip. > If that classifies me as a beginner by the standards of my peers so > be it. For example tune center string of middle C, pull felt, tune > left string middle C, then tune right string of B 3 and so on. > > Now I understand the stability statements and agree. I just don't > understand what difference it makes if you use a felt strip of a > rubber mute. On Grand's I can see the practicality of using the > single mute system and if that is a preference of many I accept > this. On uprights/consoles/spinets, I personally don't see it as > practical, but that's just me. I use a home made split mute by > supper gluing two rubber mutes together slightly offset. I have one > I use in grands and two I use for uprights. > > Another thought has come to mind while reading these various posts. > What about those of us who tune aurally. Are you constantly > changing the split mutes from one interval to another? Octaves > fourths fifths and so on? What's the harm in strip muting two > octaves to get your temperament set. Although this may be slightly > off topic I ask because I am trying to learn aural tuning. > Struggling but getting better, slowly. > > Steve Blasyak > Orange county Chapter > > Pura Vida > > Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! Learn more. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080320/38e9a458/attachment.html
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