<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ron:</font><br> </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 3px;"> This sounds like good solid realism to me, except for two things. I sure wouldn't expect to be able to hit an accurate octave building contiguous thirds from the lower note. I have to set the octave first and interpolate thirds in between - then try to fix it all later. <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> <br> <b>It's only interesting to me to be able to do that since everything else is going to move around anyway, including F3. But it seems to be a knack, and a consistent one at that, to be able to do that. Of course, setting F3 to A3 is just dumb luck most of the time. :-) </b><br> <br> <br> <br> </font>The second point is that I don't remember ever completing a tuning. Diminishing returns, defined by the resolution of the instrument, time investment against a finite life span and energy pool, venue requirements, my ultimately limited skill set, and the internal background noises in my skull determine when I need to quit. The mix varies with every appointment. Then those microseconds swarm in and do the rest<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">. <br> <br> <b>I stand (sit) corrected, and gladly. You are of course right: no tuning is ever finished, just left behind. The tectonic plate shift of a tuning is about as predictable as the geologic ones. All one can do is apply one's skill set to the circumstances and aim high! I do wish you could do something about those internal background noises in your head, though; I can hear them up here, along with the leaf blower and vacuum cleaner. They set up an interfering beat rate with the internal noise in <u>my</u> head. The signal to noise needs to be tweaked! Thanks!</b><br> <br> </font></blockquote> <div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Paul</font><br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_d43a9a4c-84e8-4b92-9b5f-c40ea8f6622d" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <br> </div>  <div id='MAILCIAMA022-91084903eb2a3bd' class='aol_ad_footer'><BR/><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"></HR>McCain or Obama? Stay updated on coverage of the Presidential race while you browse - <a href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211139166x1200680084/aol?redir=http://toolbar.aol.com/elections/download.html?ncid=emlweusdown00000002">Download Now!</a></FONT> </div>