<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Over sharp treble</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite>PIANO TOPIC -</blockquote> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Why do I often find myself correcting over-sharp high treble on pianos</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>someone else has tuned? I know by the time you get to the last 1-2</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>octaves, they're going to be sharpish if you've correctly stretched your</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>octaves, but even so, I'm still bringing it down. Is the high treble more</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>inclined to go super-sharp with humidity due to the short scale, or am I</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>legitimately cleaning up after over-compensation?</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>How do you aural tuners out there make out your octaves in that highest</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>treble zone? Can you describe what you're hearing? I know that for me, I</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>am listening with a tuner's ear and checking with a musician's ear at that</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>point. How about you?</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Several years ago when I was tuning for a lot of professional musicians, I noticed that the hearing trauma level of clients is proportional to their desire for more treble stretch (symptoms which give away the level of someone's trauma level include - can't hear conversation at parties - client requests voicing levels which are unusually bright - can't tune with a vacuum cleaner going in the same room -  can't tune with air conditioning background noise).</div> <div><br></div> <div>Similarly, I've noticed that many senior technicians tune the high treble way high. One 'tuner', who has thankfully since retired, was quite fond of pulling top C up to the E fl above. As our hearing rolls off as we age, we prefer the treble stretch to be wider. I don't know why, but its a conclusion I've drawn, tuning from 22 years of age to 51.</div> <div><br></div> <div><font color="#0000FF">Speaking of deteriorating faculties, just as an aside.</font></div> <div><font color="#0000FF"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#0000FF">In my home town out west from Sydney 350 miles, an elderly (80+) man visited the local GP recently and complained about his aches and pains and the difficulty he was having pushing the lawn mower. The young GP, who is well known for her sense of humour replied, "don't complain ****, most blokes your age are pushing up daisies not cutting them off".</font></div> <div><br></div> <div>Ron O.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</b></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><i>   </i></font><font color="#0000FF"><i>Grand Piano Manufacturers</i></font><font color="#000000"><br> _______________________</font></div> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font color="#000000">Web http://overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">mailto:info@overspianos.com.au<br> _______________________</font></div> </body> </html>