tuning

[pianotune05 at comcast.net]

Hi Dave,
I was talking with a tuner on the phone earlier about this partial tuning, but for me, and i'm new at this, but for me, hearing what sounds acceptable and good is key. If I stretch an octave too much it starts to sound sour or out of synk.  This is what's interesting about tuning. Our ears sure can tell us a lot. 
Marshall

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From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> 

> Not sure what you mean by "pure octave". All intervals are tuned to 
> partials. No two different notes have anything in common except for 
> partials. The only question is which ones. Choosing a 2:1, 4:2, 6:3, 8:4, 
> etc., or compromised combination will largely depend on where in the piano 
> you are tuning and what the piano tells you. You will not be able to use 
> the same octave tuning through the entire piano. The art is in choosing 
> where these transitions take place. Generally speaking you will use lower 
> coincident partials in the treble and higher coincident partials in the 
> bass. 
> 
> David Love 
> davidlovepianos at comcast.net 
> www.davidlovepianos.com 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf 
> Of pianotune05 
> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 7:59 AM 
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> Subject: tuning 
> 
> HI Everyone, 
> I notice that there are two schools of thought on tuning, tuning a pure 
> octave, or tuning octaves to partials. How does everyone here tune, a pure 
> octave or do you add beats to it? I spoke with someone today who said that 
> tuning to the whole sound or note isn't accurate. What books other than 
> Reblitz address these two methods of tuning? 
> Marshall 
> 
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