Spot on the money, PRJ. So good it coulda come from Nossaman....<g> DA On Oct 25, 2008, at 2:11 PM, paulrevenkojones at aol.com wrote: > David (Boyce)... > > Just a word on the contiguous 3rd's and their accuracy. However you > start, from F3 to A, A to C#, C# to F4, e.g., none of the first > settings of these pitches is precise, absolute, or unmovable, until > other intervals become available to refine them, at which point > they will become highly refined. The 2nd group of contiguous 3rd's, > from F#3 etc. are significantly more precise than the first group > since there are now more intervals from which to check. And so on. > I have found, however, that I can set that first group of > contiguous 3rd's such that, without listening to F3, I can almost > always get an almost "perfect" octave at F4 just by climbing the > contiguous 3rd's and balancing the middle 3rd correctly between the > two others. It depends on the piano, its scale, inharmonic > qualities, etc. Spinets require jiggling the intervals differently > from 9-footers. It all ends up "tuned", though. There is little to > be gained from thinking in cents! deviation in aural tuning on such > wildly moving intervals as 3rd's, 6th's, etc. When all is said and > done, a completed tuning is a completed tuning. For the several > micro-seconds after completion that it remains a "tuning". :-) > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Boyce <David at piano.plus.com> > To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 1:37 pm > Subject: RE: Contiguous Major Thirds Accuracy? > > David, you wrote "When I was a strict aural tuner ....." > > Ah David, I bet you're not strict at all now, I bet you're just an > old softie at heart..... > > (I can kinda see you in times of yore, glaring menacingly at the > recalcitrant piano and its owner through your pince-nez spectacles > and hefting your tuning lever in a menacing manner....) > > Best, > > David. > > McCain or Obama? Stay updated on coverage of the Presidential race > while you browse - Download Now! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20081025/0f22f7c0/attachment.html
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