Thank you for he clarification. It was back in the 80's, and obviously I didn't think through what I was saying. You are obviously correct, I must have had some of each too perfect. I never did get over the 'fear' of that counting of the beats. What I should have done was forget the number of beats, and just narrowed the 5ths a smidgeon, and widened the 4ths a smidgeon as well. It was just what I remembered being said. Anyway, through going to conventions, and being part of this great resource, the pianotech list, I have been able to improve my knowledge, and make a living with pianos. Satisfy your customers, and they will call you back. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia On 2011-02-01, at 9:21 PM, John Formsma wrote: > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:15 PM, John Ross <jrpiano at eastlink.ca> wrote: > > When I tried the aural portion, I failed. They told me my 4ths and 5ths were too pure. > Now if I were a customer wanting a tuning, would I choose an ETD tuner with a 95.7% average for the exam, or an aural person, who for arguments sake passed with an 80%. > Just throwing this out, and I know it is late in the thread. > John Ross > > > Just FYI, you can't have both pure 4ths and pure 5ths in an equal temperament. They are mutually exclusive. With purer 4ths, the 5ths are narrower (beat faster). With purer 5ths, the 4ths are wider (beat faster). > > If you had some 5ths and some 4ths pure .... well, that would not be what would pass the test. It could be any number of different sounds, depending on what was pure ... and where. > > -- > JF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110201/7e108852/attachment.htm>
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