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<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Well
Ric, please don't misunderstand me, I am not to say the piano is =
not
perfectly tuned, I talk of preferences there...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>i<SPAN
class=356172121-26052004>n fact I feel in those kind of temperament =
that the
minor harmony sound more static, than major, while I prefer the
opposite.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>I
simply tend toward a very much concentrated tuning those days, Indeed =
the flu of
the violinist is somewhat heard, </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Clearly I don't know what I missed with the pure twelve's or =
pure fifths
tuning in fact, I was very pleased when I have done them, and I =
like to
play a piano tuned in pure fifths also.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Only
the VT have installed me in another approach of the global justness of =
the
piano.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
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<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>I
recall when I was younger I find objections when I listen to =
tunings
done by older tuners that concentrate on the fifths and narrow octaves, =
but at
the same time I heard comments from singers and other musicians that =
seem to
appreciate at the most the mellowness and pleasing harmony of the piano, =
so I keep that in a corner of my mind that something was to be =
expected
with that approach as well (I was stretching a lot in those days, as =
most of the
tuners at Steinway, and as more tuners where stretching than not this =
was the
general tendency).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>After
that, when I begin to use the VT the tendency reversed, and this is =
when I
noticed our "chief tuner" tuning with very minimal stretch (almost no =
artificial
stretch in fact)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
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<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>I have the feeling that pure twelve's and pure fifths are =
giving
some kind of static in the global tone, but see no reason why this can't =
be
appreciated musically.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Again
that is just that the VT100 bring me in a different approach to purity, =
I don't
know how it is attained, but indeed there is a preeminence of =
fundamental
harmony more than with stretched tunings where the harmony locks more on =
the 2d
partial level may be....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>To
check for stretch I often compare minor/major large intervals, if =
the minor
is too static I have too much stretch.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Indeed I certainly should not noticed the pure twelve =
approach if
you should not say so...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>I apologize if I hurt you in any way that was =
certainly not my
intention.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=356172121-26052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Best
regards.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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