<HTML>In a message dated 1/23/03 2:55:38 AM !!!First Boot!!!, piano@charlesneuman.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">When you're tuning the treble, instead of going note by note from the top of the temperament section to the top, why not go octave by octave? That is, if the temperament ends at A4, I would tune B4, and then B5, B6, and B7. Then I'd go back and tune C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, etc. The main disadvantage I'd see would be that if my stretching gets too wide, for example, I might end up so that my A's are all too sharp for the A#'s that I tuned a while ago. Yeah, I guess that's the drawback. Does anyone do this? Charles Neuman PTG Assoc, Long Island </BLOCKQUOTE> You're tuning not just the octaves. You're tuning the whole piano. When you're going up note by note, you should also be checking your fifths, thirds, tenths, chords, what ever intervals you want. This way, the piano will be in tune with it's self when you're done, not just the octaves. Wim </HTML>