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<DIV>Dave,</DIV>
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<DIV>Try tuning normally (as you do now) check each note tuned with the =
fifth
below. If your normal tuning is below pure fifth, make it pure. If its =
pure,
sharpen it by 1/2 cps and test it out. </DIV>
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<DIV>Tony</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=donmannino@attbi.com =
href="mailto:donmannino@attbi.com">Donald
Mannino</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> Saturday, April 12, 2003 =
4:08
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Help on aural =
stretch</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>Dave,<BR><BR>It depends an awful lot on =
the
individual piano - that's why it is a little hard to answer your
question. If the tone is clear and you can hear double octave =
beats
clearly, you can simply try to tune on the sharp side of pure 4:1 =
double
octaves. In other pianos you can work with the octave + 5th =
(17th) and
tune them for consistency. Just how the 17ths are tuned really =
depends
on the scale, though.<BR><BR>In noisier pianos where all the beats may =
not be
as clear, you can usually still use the speed of the 2:1 beat as your =
guide to
consistency - pull the string quite sharp, and slow it down to where =
you can
hear the beat clearly and consistently, and gradually speed the beats =
up as
you work into the top octave to the point where they are almost too =
fast to
hear.<BR><BR>Or, set Cybertuner to OTS 9 and tune away . . . =
<BR><BR>Don
Mannino RPT<BR><BR><BR>At 07:54 AM 4/11/2003 -0700, you =
wrote:<BR><BR></FONT>
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size=2>A client
has asked me to put more stretch in the high treble. Simply put, how =
do I do
this as an aural tuner? I know it can be subjective, but I =
also need a
way to make it even.<BR><BR>Dave Streit, RPT<BR><BR>AAA Piano
Service<BR><BR>Portland, =
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