<html><body> <DIV>Hi Dave,</DIV> <DIV>I was talking with a tuner on the phone earlier about this partial tuning, but for me, and i'm new at this, but for me, hearing what sounds acceptable and good is key. If I stretch an octave too much it starts to sound sour or out of synk.  This is what's interesting about tuning. Our ears sure can tell us a lot. </DIV> <DIV>Marshall</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@comcast.net> > Not sure what you mean by "pure octave". All intervals are tuned to > partials. No two different notes have anything in common except for > partials. The only question is which ones. Choosing a 2:1, 4:2, 6:3, 8:4, > etc., or compromised combination will largely depend on where in the piano > you are tuning and what the piano tells you. You will not be able to use > the same octave tuning through the entire piano. The art is in choosing > where these transitions take place. Generally speaking you will use lower > coincident partials in the treble and higher coincident partials in the > bass. > > David Love > davidlovepianos@comcast.net > www.davidlovepianos.com > > > -----Orig inal Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf > Of pianotune05 > Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 7:59 AM > To: Pianotech List > Subject: tuning > > HI Everyone, > I notice that there are two schools of thought on tuning, tuning a pure > octave, or tuning octaves to partials. How does everyone here tune, a pure > octave or do you add beats to it? I spoke with someone today who said that > tuning to the whole sound or note isn't accurate. What books other than > Reblitz address these two methods of tuning? > Marshall > > > > </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>