<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">You can use the same octave tests it's just that the progression will be different.<p>David Love<br/>www.davidlovepianos.com<br/>(sent from bb)</p><hr/><div><b>From: </b> KeyKat88@aol.com </div><div><b>Sender: </b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org </div><div><b>Date: </b>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:22:35 -0400 (EDT)</div><div><b>To: </b><pianotech@ptg.org></div><div><b>ReplyTo: </b> pianotech@ptg.org </div><div><b>Subject: </b>[pianotech] Question about octave checking in historical tuning</div><div><br/></div> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>         Those who administer historical tunings, How do you check octaves in historical tuning? Do you use M3,M10 test?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>         In the Werckmeister and Valotti temperaments, it is so tempting in the truly perfect/beatless 4ths and 5ths to compare them for the octave test, however when it comes to the three other 4ths and 5ths that are not beatless (c-g, d-a, b-f#-) one cannot compare those as easily because they beat.   </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>         Any suggested reading on this? Has anyone read the PTG offered: Historical Tuning ...by Robert Chuckrow? Did Virgil Smith have anything to say about this subject?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV> Julia Gottshall</DIV></BODY></HTML>