1/4 tone piece

Rick.Florence@ASU.Edu Rick.Florence@ASU.Edu
Tue Nov 23 12:01 MST 1999


Hi all,

So here's the question of the day.

One of our faculty has asked us to prepare our recital pianos for the Ives
"3 Pieces for 2 Quarter-Tone Pianos."  This includes tuning one of the
pianos 1/4 tone (50 cents!) flat  (Yes, the two are then played together).

Besides the obvious discussion of tuning stability, and the "music"
sounding  like %^#@$^*!!, I wonder if there will be any other implications.

Has anyone ever done this?

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Rick Florence
Piano Technician
Arizona State University, School of Music
http://www.asu.edu/cfa/music




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