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  • 1.  Non-ET tuning checks

    Member
    Posted 08-05-2019 12:40
    I was wondering what type of aural checks people use for non-ET tunings. A lot of the ET checks rely on intervals being of equal width.

    thanks

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    Rex Roseman
    Akron OH
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  • 2.  RE: Non-ET tuning checks

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 08-05-2019 12:53
    Rex,

    What do you mean by: "A lot of the ET checks rely on intervals being of equal width"?  Can you give some examples, as well as checks you are very familiar with?

    I use all the same tests for UT that I use for ET. Maybe I am not thinking on the same plane you are. 

    Pwg

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    Peter Grey
    Stratham NH
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  • 3.  RE: Non-ET tuning checks

    Posted 08-05-2019 15:37
    ...Typically I'm thinking more about the  payment check at the end of  the tuning visit unless of course  aural checks pay the bills!  ....martin.
    www.snowpianos.com

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    Martin Snow
    South Burlington VT
    617-543-1030
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  • 4.  RE: Non-ET tuning checks

    Posted 08-05-2019 17:20
    You don't need checks in the same way as ET.

    In tunings with 7 perfect fifths or meantone with 8 perfect thirds those intervals are either spot on pure or they're not. Nothing more to it than that. The  major thirds CE FA and GB have to sound nice and purish and then the octaves deriving from all.

    Best wishes

    David P

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