<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Richard Brekne wrote:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>"Its very easy to show that two tuners can tune very much = differently yet both<BR>be very adept at tuning evenly and consistently... doing exactly = what they<BR>set out to do. They don't necessarily even have to like each = others style...<BR>or understand why they don't like it. The answer very often = lies in varying<BR>tastes for stretch... with all that entails about what kind = of behaviour in<BR>different coincidents they like. Or.. I suppose you = could just as easily say<BR>the difference between two tuners lies in what = "colouring" of octaves and<BR>other important intervals they like."<BR><BR><FONT = face=Arial size=2>    I agree, and that is why different tuners (technicians) like or do not like other technician's tunings. It's a = matter of taste, and style. Both are purely subjective. Some technicians, when = tuning a "pure" octave, think it sounds dead, flat and lifeless. The other tech = upon hearing the pro-stretch tuners work, might say, "Oh my God, how can you = leave an octave sounding like that."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Of course, Richard = did say it better. I just thought I'd second that = thought.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>