Dave, The numbers I got off the EX we had loaned to us for a few weeks here were: F = 7.1 A = 6.9 C = 7.7 Eric, even though it's gone as of last Tuesday, I'd be interested in knowing how those compare to your EX. Avery >Eric: > >I don't have a tuning file for a Kawai EX, but I have the other 3. I >use TuneLab Pro so I loaded the Steinway D tuning then used the PTG >tuning test mode to compare it with the CFIIIS file. It showed a 1 >point error at B7 (the highest note tested). Next I compared it to >the Baldwin SD-10 file I have and that would have scored a perfect >100 on the tuning test. > >If I had to do that here I think I'd tune each piano to its own best >tuning file and forget it. I doubt that there are very many places >where each piano is playing the same note. As I said, I don't know >about the EX so you're on your own, but I doubt that it would be THAT >radical a departure from the other 3. > >Good luck with the gig. It sounds like fun. > >dave > >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > >On 3/6/2002 at 12:01 PM Wolfley, Eric (WOLFLEEL) wrote: > >>Hello fellow cauts and caucts, >> >>We have an interesting scenario here and since it well may be a >situation >>unique to our environments, I am interested in everyone's opinion on >the >>subject. Our Chamber Choir, Chorale and Percussion Group are >performing >>Stravinsky's Les Noces this weekend. I'm not familiar with this >piece (yet) >>but it calls for 4 pianos. As it turns out, we can place 4 concert >grands >>onstage our large auditorium without any hassle. The interesting >aspect of >>this setting is that the 4 pianos consist of a Steinway D, a Yamaha >CFIIIs, >>a Kawai EX, and a Baldwin SD-10. I'll bet everyone can guess the >next >>question: How would you tune these pianos to each other? My >assistant >>Lawrence Becker is the lucky guy assigned to that hall and is up >there >>tuning right now for the first rehearsal using his Accutuner III. >With >>instruments this dissimilar, my instinct is to pick the file of the >piano >>that seems the most middle of the road and tune all 4 pianos to the >same >>tuning file. In the past, I've experimented matching up 2 similar >pianos in >>various ways (I use a cybertuner) with equally adequate and >interesting >>results, but have not encountered a challenge like this before. What >would >>you do?? I'm sure Lawrence will appreciate any input when he returns >from >>his investigations. >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>Eric Wolfley, RPT >>Head Piano Technician >>Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music >>University of Cincinnati >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >_____________________________ >David M. Porritt >dporritt@mail.smu.edu >Meadows School of the Arts >Southern Methodist University >Dallas, TX 75275 >_____________________________
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