<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I'd love to have a long talk with you about aural tuning; it's my = first <BR>and greatest love in this craft.<BR>I feel I've elevated my skills = to a world-class level by using <BR>dead-simple methods:  basically = allowing all the fourths on the piano to <BR>beat (depending on the piano & its inharmonicities & scale design)<BR>slowly, between .5 and 2.0 = bps---the same across the entire scale, <BR>listening to the whole tone.<BR>The aim of = my tuning is beauty----evenness and key color, a deep, deep <BR>bass, and = the same bloom in the struck note that I hear in the plucked <BR>note.  My = ideal is the great pianos I heard on record when I was a <BR>child----all tuned = by aural tuners using the "one mute, one fork, and one <BR>tuning hammer" method.<BR><BR>David Andersen<BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    David, I must say, = that since I read about your method of listening to fourths, I've listened to them = more, and yes, you really can refine your tuning in the temperament area by paying = attention to them. They become useless to me above about D5-G5, = though.  I use the SAT, and after the first pass, I start out at A4 and tune down = to A0, at E4 I start checking my fourths, and I can immediately tell how much = stretch I'm getting by the speed of the fourths. Also, It tells me when something = has slipped, or is not quite right in the upper temperament area. But then, = I also listen to the faster beating intervals when I'm done with the = temperament. How high can you hear the fourths while you're tuning? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Kevin. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>