<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>I used a somewhat similar "ghosting" method for = tuning the low bass (when I was tuning aurally).  Hold down C1 and C2 together = mute, and strike G3, C4 and E4 with a sharp staccato blow.  Tune C1 to find a = nice compromise between the 6:3, 8:4 and 10:5 octaves.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=jonpage2001@attbi.com = href="mailto:jonpage2001@attbi.com">Jon Page</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> March 19, 2002 3:24 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: David Love's = comments re. "Stretch"(ugh there's that word 'gin)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>At 11:41 PM 3/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:beyond A4 in = order to not have dissonant single octaves higher on up.  In the bass, I = balance 4ths, 5ths and octaves and test for equal beating intervals where I = can.  For the sub and 1st octave, I balance the double octave and double = octave 5th to get the most pleasant resonance. <BR><BR>A test I use for the = lowest half-octave consists of a five note voicing and holding these notes = with the sostenuto<BR>and hit the tonic in the bass. I, IV in octave 3; I, III, = VI in octave 4. Sometimes substituting a minor third in the right = hand.<BR>ie: C,G in oct. 3; C, E, A in oct 4 (sometimes C, Eb, A); hold w/ sos; = C1<BR><BR>Allow this to decay and you can hear the partials interacting and fine tune = the low octave.<BR><BR> <DIV>Regards,</DIV><BR> <DIV>Jon Page,   piano technician</DIV> <DIV>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com" = EUDORA="AUTOURL">mailto:jonpage@attbi.com</A></DIV>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>