<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=caute@bigpond.com.au = href="mailto:caute@bigpond.com.au">Tony Caught</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 20, 2003 = 7:00 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: tuning narrow and = wide</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Dave wrote</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">That’s great, for you, but for most, I = think it’s easier to tell if a third or sixth is beating 5 rather than 6 beats = per second than it is to tell if a fifth is beating 0.5 or 0.7 = bps.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in = 0pt">    --David Nereson, RPT</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">In the scale, and = in 1 octave above (just) and in one octave below, yes. But for the rest of the = piano I will settle on fifths.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Tony = Caught<BR>Adelaide Australia<BR><A href="mailto:caute@bigpond.com.au">caute@bigpond.com.au</A></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Oh, OK.  = Yeah, up in the high treble, for most home tunings I don't use much more than = octaves and and 12ths, occasionally checking with 3rds, 10ths, 17ths.  And = in the bass, I'll tune using the Major 6th/minor 3rd octave check, but = often rely on just octaves and 5ths.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in = 0pt">    -Dave N. <BR></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>