The things tuners do

Greetings,
>Jim Coleman sent me his list of 12 numbers, and I had my small Chickering
grand tuned in his "ModX" by noon. I am impressed

Ok, several posts have asked for the tunings I referred to. This
tuning is by Jim Coleman, and closely follows late 19th century tuning
practises. It is not equal, but doesn't seem to create any hinderances in
ensemble playing, and the piano picks up additional resonance it doesn't have
in ET. The following numbers are the cents deviation one makes to a 12 ET
tuning.
C 3 Cents
C# 0
D 0
D# 0
E -3
F 4
F# -2
G 2
G# 0
A -1
A# 2
B -4

I hope to have this tuning on the biggest recording sessions I can weasel
it into around here, soon. The major problem, (aside from vocalists with
limited range needing stuff moved into F# or something), is the bass players.
The inherent stretch in the piano means that the piano is going to be flatter
in the bass and "Bobby Bassman" sits, staring into his Korg, totally lost when
the bottom end is dropped, (they would have to tune by ear for the key of E,
and they HATE that).
There are a number of tunings that are presently being employed by tuners
everywhere. The trick is to get the customer to go for something that isn't
too radical a change, and then, tuning by tuning, take them back for some Well
Temperament.
It is just another flank attack on ET,
Regards,
Ed Foote
Precision Piano Works
Nashville, Tn.

On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 A440A@aol.com wrote:
> Ok, several posts have asked for the tunings I referred to. This
> tuning is by Jim Coleman, and closely follows late 19th century tuning
> practises. It is not equal, but doesn't seem to create any hinderances in
> ensemble playing, and the piano picks up additional resonance it doesn't have
> in ET. The following numbers are the cents deviation one makes to a 12 ET
> tuning.
> C 3 Cents
> C# 0
> D 0
> D# 0
> E -3
> F 4
> F# -2
> G 2
> G# 0
> A -1
> A# 2
> B -4

Looks like it's going for a basically Vallotti-ish effect in the white
notes, but just leaving a little over to take the edge off the "back
end", so as to avoid any thirds as wide as 81:64. Neat.

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