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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Listening here with the same
questions<O:)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and wanting answers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mathstar@salemnet.com =
href="mailto:mathstar@salemnet.com">Alan R.
Barnard</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 22, =
2002 6:14
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Learning Aural =
Tuning</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is addressed to all the truly =
skilled aural
tuners out there. I hope I can word this so it makes sense. It's been =
a real
"stopper" for me in trusting my aural tuning.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can set A440. I can set a good 4:2
A37</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can fit D42 and E44 in that octave =
pretty well
(match the ETD I check with)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim Coleman Sr., Randy =
Potter, Geo.
Defebaugh, and others are pretty persuasive for using the faster =
beating
intervals (3rds and 6ths) to set temperament.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They all say "Tune F33 from A37 about =
7 bps flat
... " and they take off from there.</FONT> <FONT =
face=Arial
size=2>I like and use Randy's pivot tone thirds, i.e., after =
tuning
F45, tune C#41 to get an even progression of
F33-A37-C#41-F45-A49. Theory is, if you can get a good
progression, you have good A-A and F-F octaves and a good =
relationship
between those two octaves, i.e., the F33-A37 third.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All of these descriptions of =
temperament setting
use, and I am quoting, terms like "about 7 bps," "close =
approximations,"
"actual beats will vary from one piano to another," etc. =
Vague as
He**...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is also a quote "While tuning we =
constantly
compare one interval to another, listening for the sense of the beats, =
the
feel of the beat speed."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have no problem with any of that =
and I
understand and can actually do it all. BUT ...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>HERE THE QUESTION (Looks like several =
questions,
but really asking the same thing each time ...)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How do you really know that your A-A =
is
<EM>ideal</EM>? That it isn't a smidge two narrow or wide for the
inharmonicity of that particular instrument? That you have even
<EM>started</EM> the temperament "correctly" for that piano? How do =
you KNOW
that your F33-A37 is <EM>ideal</EM> for that particular
instrument?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This talk about Franz Mohr, etc., =
highlights the
point: A lot of you folks can--in your sleep--set a really sweet =
temperament
on any decent piano you face, Yet the starting intervals seem =
arbitrarily set,
to me! "About 7 bps ..." </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So what the heck does "about" =
mean? Do you
have to set the whole T. before you "know"? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Is this making sense?) I'm not =
talking about
getting just a <EM>useful</EM> temperament, as I believe the "about" =
thing
will do that every time. I am talking about getting a really =
<EM>good</EM>
temperament for each piano.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>'Preciate some comments.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Listening in Salem</FONT></DIV>
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