[CAUT] why does it feel better?

[David Ilvedson]

Wim,  

Anytime a pianist plays the piano and everything sounds like it's suppose to...he/she has confidence in the tuning, the piano...it plays better...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044


----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Willem Blees" <wblees at bama.ua.edu>
To: CAUT <CAUT at ptg.org>
Received: 8/29/2006 7:44:26 AM
Subject: [CAUT] why does it feel better?


>Many times over the years, I have had customers tell me the piano felt 
>better after I tuned it. One of those times was last week. 

>We have 2 D's in our Concert Hall, one about 25 years old, and the 
>other just 4 years old. The new one is not being played much. On the 
>advice of Ed Foote, I put a Coleman II on the piano. We had convo on 
>Friday, and I brought out both pianos for the piano professor to try 
>out. He didn't say anything about the tuning, but he did say the new 
>one "felt" better. Another professor also mentioned that the piano 
>played better than ever before. 

>So why does tuning the piano, not just a regular ET tuning, but also a 
>historical tuning, make the piano feel different? 

>Wim
>Willem Blees, RPT
>Piano Tuner/Technician
>School of Music
>University of Alabama
>Tuscaloosa, AL USA