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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Isaac,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It seems to me that we learned tuning =
with the same
method although we did not go to the same class !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't remember anything about a =
teacher talking
of inharmonicity during my apprenticeship, although I know it exists =
since the
very beginning of my learning, but maybe it was a bit early for students =
like us
to speak about this.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>could you explain the "US"methods you
learned?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What are the major differencies between =
our good
ol'french stuff and the american one?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was told to set the temperament with =
a tuning
strip of felt, and then making the unissons with a felt =
mute.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I also use a Papp mute (it exactly =
looks like a
"pince à cornichons" indeed !! (don't know how to translate that
!!!!!))</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd like to try the mute made of wood =
with some
skin sticked on it. I thought the tone would be better because hearing =
something
with the plastic Papp mute is sometimes difficult, at least for =
me.Yamaha sells
that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The guy who gave me the wave files with =
the 3rds is
Stephane Boussuge who is the Kawai head technician here (equivalent to =
Don
Mannino, I think, a Master Piano Artisan.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>He also encouraged me to tune aurally =
and check the
result compared to a master tuning in the Tune Lab =
software.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I havent done that for the moment, but =
I'd like
to.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I should ask my boss again and again to =
buy a VT
100, that would be the answer, but a boss is a boss and it is not easy =
for him
to spend a lot of bucks in a machine! (btw, I have a lot of respect for =
him!
don't imagine I'm telling he is not a good boss!)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And I think it's good to tune =
exclusively aurally
for the moment, as I am still fighting against my natural tendency to =
stretch my
treble a lot, and it doesn't sounds great sometimes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>