<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ah, David, = ah,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,   So, your fourths don't progress in beat rates. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Do you give all your = intervals equal weight? Do your thirds, tenths, 17ths, etc. increase in speed as = you go up. I'm really sorry, and I'm NOT questioning your methods, but, if your = thirds speed up, shouldn't your fourths?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I mean, I have other = tuners who stretch like heck, WAY more than I like, and my fourths increase in = speed as I go up the treble. Besides, the only music based on fourths was by = Scriabin, and who in their right minds listens to his music except in = passing.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    FLAME SUIT ON AND = REALLY EXPECTING IT FOR THAT LAST COMMENT!!!!!!</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=bigda@gte.net href="mailto:bigda@gte.net">David = Andersen</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> Monday, August 12, 2002 = 2:05 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Stretch = Vs.Temperament, (was Beat Rates)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>>David... just so I have this clear.... are you = saying that<BR>>all the fourths over the whole range of the piano should<BR>>have a nearly identical beat rate ?, if not could you<BR>>explain this a in a bit more detail for me = ?<BR><BR><BR>Exactly correct......the challenge is hearing them in the extreme ends of = <BR>the instrument.<BR><BR>"if the fourths be perfect, Heaven opens up......)<BR><BR>NOT perfect in the sense of beatles, but in the sense = of slow, lazy, <BR>sensuous rolling.....<BR><BR>With this method, octaves = are precisely stretched; all the tests you can <BR>think to apply are met; = the piano sings.<BR><BR>Good luck.  Is it beautiful in Norway now?<BR><BR>David Andersen <BR>Malibu, CA</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>