<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, FWIW, the recommended tuning sequence for the Verituner is to start at (or near) the temperment section.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=thetuner@ivories52.com href="mailto:thetuner@ivories52.com">Geoff Sykes</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 08, 2007 9:05 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tuning sequence question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515414400-09072007>Greetings all --</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515414400-09072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515414400-09072007>I know that when using an ETD the preferred method of tuning is from the bass up to the treble, tuning unisons as you go. Tests have apparently proven that this provides a more accurate and stable tuning when completed. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515414400-09072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515414400-09072007>Traditionally, aural tuning means strip muting the entire piano, and after setting the temperament, all the center strings are then tuned moving first down into the bass and then up into the treble. After the center strings are tuned then unisons are set starting in the bass and moving up through the treble. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515414400-09072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515414400-09072007>In doing an aural tuning, is there any reason why one could not, or perhaps should not, strip mute just the middle section of the piano, in order to set the temperament, then immediately set the unisons in the temperament, pulling out the strip mute as you go, followed by moving down into the bass tuning the first string and setting unisons as you go and subsequently up through the treble? </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515414400-09072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515414400-09072007>In other words, which aural tuning method of the two described above, would produce the more accurate and stable tuning when completed?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515414400-09072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515414400-09072007>-- Geoff Sykes</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515414400-09072007>-- Los Angeles</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>