1/4 tone piece

[David ilvedson]

I once tuned one piano at A440 and the other 1/4 tone flat/-50 
cents.  They used the 1/4 tone flat piano for the music when 
the devil was in the scene.  Very eerie...

David Ilvedson

From:           	Rick.Florence@ASU.Edu
Date sent:      	Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:46:34 -0700
Subject:        	1/4 tone piece
To:             	caut@ptg.org
Send reply to:  	caut@ptg.org

> 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
> 
> 
> 


David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@jps.net