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G3-B3 = F3-D4
G♯3-C4 = F♯3-D♯4
A3-C♯4 = G3-E4
A♯3-D4 = G♯3-F4
Figure 2: Graphical representation of possible octave sizes and Octave Spread for two notes, N1 and N2.
F3-A♯3, A♯3-F4
F3-D4 < G♯3-C4 < A3-C♯4 5 A♯3 F4-A4 A♯3-C♯4 = F4-A4
F3-A♯3 = A♯3-F4
This relationship was tuned indi-
rectly and if done correctly, it should The reported size of the best octave I would like to thank many people
work out. It is doesn’t, re-listen to without any other references to gauge who helped me formulate this method,
the ratios produced in steps 3a and it against is actually quite large. Accord- people I have never met in person and
3b. ing to my research, many people prefer who have spent hours reading and cri-
different sized octaves when asked to tiquing my posts on PianoWorld.com.
2. After tuning step 5 for a medium evaluate which octave size sounds best. My thanks go to BDB, Dorrie Bell,
scale, check the M3 or equivalent However, while the window is large, I Alfredo Capurso, Kees van denDoel, Ed
ladder. It runs through all the M3 still prefer to set all octaves with similar Foote, Jim Ialeggio, Inlanding, David
or equivalent intervals from F3-A3 spread as the same size, according to the Jenson, Johnkie, Ron Koval, Chris Leslie,
to F4-A4. criteria I laid out above, octaves which Gene Nelson, Isaac Olek Prout, Ryan
I have identified as beatless, but may be Sowers, rXd, Chris Storch, Tunewerk,
F3-A3 < F♯3-A♯3 < F3-D4 < debatable. In any case, I feel the octave and of course, Frank Baxter, the creator
G♯3-C4 < A3-C♯4 < A♯3-D4 < spread approach makes for a more uni- of Piano World. n
F3-G♯3 < F♯3-A3 < C♯4-F4 < form sound.
C4-A4 < A3-C4 < A♯3-C♯4 <
F4-A4
Concluding Remarks
Using beat speed windows that
gradually narrow down the proper
placement of pitches allows us to set
pitches more precisely from the begin-
ning of the temperament sequence,
which produces reference pitches with
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more accuracy and should reduce tun-
ing time.