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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hi Andrew,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks, that gives me piece of mind and peace of mind. :) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Andrew and Rebeca Anderson <anrebe@sbcglobal.net> <BR><BR>> Sounds like you are doing something right, Marshall. <BR>> <BR>> Andrew Anderson <BR>> At 06:31 PM 2/12/2006, you wrote: <BR>> >I'm curious, speaking of hight notes on the piano. Is that a good <BR>> >sign that a tuning is a good tuning when the piano has that bright <BR>> >clear ring sound in the trebble? I tuned a spinit last week that <BR>> >sounded louder according to one of the volunteers at the nursing <BR>> >home where I tuned. In fact, I have a customer tomorrow who works <BR>> >there and reports that it sounded tinny before, but I mentioned <BR>> >resonants, blame spelling on my wife if incorrect. ;) Anyway, my <BR>> >tuning of a grand piano yesterday revealed that the trebble sounded <BR>> >louder, brighter and full of a crisp clear ring sound. Does this <BR>> >represent anything in particular? <BR>> >Marshall <BR>> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie Jusiel" <MAGS@MAGSMUSIC.NET><BR>> >To: <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>> >Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 6:42 PM <BR>> >Subject: Re: temperaments - choosing ? stretched ? not stretched ? <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> >>Hi Philippe, <BR>> >> <BR>> >> I'd like to share some of my experiences with this topic, but would <BR>> >>first like to point out that I'm still in the learning process. ;) <BR>> >> <BR>> >> I was learning aurally first, but didn't get lots of the details I <BR>> >>needed and didn't have good pianos to practice on. I never got to the <BR>> >>point where I trusted myself, so I use TuneLab. However, if I set a <BR>> >>temperament with TuneLab, then tune the rest of the piano to that, I get <BR>> >>a very nice tuning with an interesting characteristic... I will tune <BR>> >>the upper octaves to what I hear as being "pure" with no beats, but will <BR>> >>end up with a stretch that is anywhere from 10 cents to 40 cents <BR>> >>stretched (according to TuneLab). I believe this to be my ear hearing <BR>> >>more of the harmonics instead of the fundamental, and lining those up. <BR>> >>The end result is always satisfying, so I go with it. The variation <BR>> >>from piano to piano points out that each piano is different, and putting <BR>> >>a "stretch" on it should line up harmonics, not just must make the top <BR>> >>end sharp. Too much of a stretch is just as bad as not enough. Even <BR>> >>two pianos of the same model can end up different depending on how they <BR>> >>were taken care of over the years. <BR>> >> <BR>> >> I'm not sure if others have this same experience. I do know that I had <BR>> >>my hearing tested and had a deficit in the lower registers, but was off <BR>> >>the charts in what I could hear in the higher registers. I have a <BR>> >>feeling most tuners could hear what I am hearing, though. <BR>> >> <BR>> >> Last thing... I've found that many tuners start out setting equal <BR>> >>temperament, but end up with a variation of a mean-tone temperament, <BR>> >>which works just fine. <BR>> >> <BR>> >> ...hope this was helpful... :D <BR>> >> <BR>> >>-mags <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >>Maggie Jusiel <BR>> >>Piano Tuner <BR>> >>Winds & Strings Teacher <BR>> >>PO Box 1234 <BR>> >>Athens, WV 24712-1234 <BR>> >>(304)952-8615 <BR>> >><MAGS@MAGSMUSIC.NET> <BR>> >><HTTP: www.magsmusic.net> <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >>>Hi all, <BR>> >>> <BR>> >>>I'm currently studying temperaments, and I wonder if a tuner always use a <BR>> >>>stretched temperament, <BR>> >>>especially since this doesn't seems quite compatible with the use of <BR>> >>>electronic tuning devices. <BR>> >>>(for the not aural tuners...) <BR>> >>> <BR>> >>>This question, especially since I've a CD with reference tones for a <BR>> >>>stretched temperament, which <BR>> >>>seems quite strange since a stretched temperament should depend on the <BR>> >>>kind of piano, shouldn't <BR>> >>>they ? So what ? <BR>> >>> <BR>> >>>subsidiary question : as a tuner, do you prefer to use equal temperament ? <BR>> >>>or do you prefer to use <BR>> >>>another one ? (which one) ... Or do your clients often have their specific <BR>> >>>requests ? (in this case <BR>> >>>what are you commonly asked ?) <BR>> >>> <BR>> >>>Philippe Errembault <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >>Maggie Jusiel <BR>> >>Piano Tuner <BR>> >>Winds & Strings Teacher <BR>> >>PO Box 1234 <BR>> >>Athens, WV 24712-1234 <BR>> >>(304)952-8615 <BR>> >><MAGS@MAGSMUSIC.NET> <BR>> >><HTTP: www.magsmusic.net> <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >><HTTP: quotepage.html www.casparwicky.net> <BR>> >> <BR>> >>_______________________________________________ <BR>> >>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives <BR>> > <BR>> >_______________________________________________ <BR>> >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>