<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Dear List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had a fun complaint on a tuning = today, that it was too clean.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I discussed it with a person who is not = a tuner but has been in the recording business for a very long time. So I tried to understand what he meant and it was the unisons. We also discussed = temperament and strech. He had heard several of my tunings. It is in a = recordingstudio and I tune there one or two times every week. So I wanted to take the critic seriousely.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The instrument is a Bosendorfer = grand, I don´t remember the model but it is 220 or 230 cm. Two years old, and in = resonably good shape. ( lucky lucky me who tunes this instrument!!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After listening to the CD and the = instrument I could see his point. But I did not agree that is was too clean, I just = thought it sounded good.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have always followed the idea that I = try to tune as "clean" as possible. To do the best I can with every note. To = make it stand still.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can one tune to "clean"?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is my question:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Are there any techniques for tuning = colourful unisons, or wide unisons??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Should I just leave them a little moving??</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>( Or not think about this at all, and = just do my way..? )</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>curious,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Linda Stråhle</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Malmo </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sweden</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ps. I tune with = fork.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>