On the question of "what is meant in this context by a long
and a short time" one might follow Ibo's lead and say that a "short time" between plucks is regular plucking every half a second or less, and a "long time" involves a single pluck (or very few plucks) between each string manipulation, usually a 2-second interval or longer.


Like Ibo, I prefer the "single pluck" method as I feel it lets me zoom in better mentally on beats in the less audible harmonics.  It is probably a bit slower as well as a bit more precise, so it may be more rewarding for instruments with very little inharmonicity and just one or two 8ft registers, where perfect tuning is more realisable than with a greater number of strings. I should add that I have no experience of keeping 4ft strings in tune.

Michael Shields, Galway

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From: Harpsichords and Related Topics <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of David Pickett <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 25 August 2016 15:31:46
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Subject: Re: Tuning experience with PitchLab

At 10:58 23-08-16, Ibo Ortgies wrote:
 >> Am 21.08.2016 um 04:28 schrieb Andrew Bernard:
 >
 >> On the topic of the initial sharpness, this brings up a most interesting
 >> point. I myself and other harpsichord tuners that I know tune on the
 >> initial pluck, by repeatedly striking the notes in succession, rather than
 >> striking the note and listening for a long time.
 >

In order to understand what has been written about this subject, I
would find it helpful to know what is meant in the context by a long
and a short time.

David

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