1/4 tone piece

dempsey@MARSHALL.EDU dempsey@MARSHALL.EDU
Tue Nov 23 13:15 MST 1999


Not on purpose ;-)

Paul E. Dempsey, RPT
Marshall University 
Huntington, WV

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 Rick.Florence@ASU.Edu wrote:

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



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