IMHO...if the unisons are solid the tiny differences between tuning styles will be unnoticeable in normal playing...and frankly I have more important things to spend my time on... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Ron Koval" <drwoodwind at hotmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 8/16/2009 7:51:38 PM Subject: [pianotech] testing new tunings >What a fun journey this is! As many of you know, I really enjoy trying out new >things- >new gear, new temperaments, new stretches. One of the interesting dilemmas I run >into is how to asses the musical qualities inherent in any different tuning approach. > >Over the years I've enlisted different performers, teachers and owners to help me >to determine the worth of different tunings. It's easy for the technician to >determine >if the tuning is successful based on the checks or the design - that is, does the >tuning >match the "recipe"? For some, the primary test is even spacing in the speed of the >chromatic major thirds. For others, what's more important is the progression in circle >of fifths order. Some even use tempered octaves to try and enhance the >resonance, >or cancel out beating intervals with others to make a more mellow tuning. Yet none >of these recipe tests have much to do with how music responds to the tuning. > >My "go to" tester is a Suzuki piano teacher who owns a nice Yamaha C3. From her >background with early music and harpsichord, she's been a valued source of >feedback >for many different tunings over the past 15 years or so. > >Here's what she had to say about a recent tuning using the Onlypure software: > >"It seems much brighter. At first it was a bit shocking, but I think our ears have >gotten >used to it. Now that we have the air on, I'll continue to further assess it. So far >so good." > >Her recent default tuning is equal temperament using a Verituner custom >style(stretch) that >I developed. Previous to that was the Lehman/Bach well temperament with a >different >custom style. > >Good? Bad? Similar? Like it? Not so much? > >So far, it's "brighter" and "a bit shocking"... > >more later > >Ron Koval >Chicagoland > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. >http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=PID23391::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US: >WM_HYGN_faster:082009
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