[pianotech] 6 strings versus 200 + strings

[David Love]

Can you elaborate on that Ed.  I do know what you mean but would like to
hear your procedure re stretching the fourths.  

 

David Love

www.davidlovepianos.com

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ed Foote
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 7:03 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] 6 strings versus 200 + strings

 

Keith writes:
During a seminar a colleague and I took a break,
   whereupon he shared with me his Martin guitar
   in his hotel room.
  
Here two so-called RPTs' had completely different ideas
  as to what sounded correct with this 6-string Martin guitar.<<



  I am constantly amazed at how few guitarists know how to tune a guitar,
and I live in Guitar Town! 
I have never seen any of the guitarists that consider the need to have the
G-B third beating slower than the G-E 
sixth!  And stretching the fourths from the G down to the low E is an alien
concept.  
I have shown a few of them how to accurately tune the thing, and it always
blows them away, but the common remark
is that it would be impossible to do this on stage, and in the "heat of
battle" in  studio sessions, it would be 
difficult, also.  But every one of them has told me that the guitar has
never sounded more even.  
It ain't that hard to do, using 1st fret test notes for the fourths above...
Regards, 
Ed Foote
 
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