[CAUT] Adams 1/4 tone sharp piano

[reggaepass at aol.com]

Hi Eric and List,

  While we are on the subject of tuning sharp, does anyone out there 
have any general guidelines as to how far sharp they will tune? Of 
course, different pianos are scaled differently, but composers and 
performers alike need to know, as a matter of practical performance 
practice, what is feasible.

 Thanks in advance for input on this,

 Alan Eder, RPT

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel) <WOLFLEEL at ucmail.uc.edu>
 To: caut at ptg.org
 Sent: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:32:22 -0500
 Subject: [CAUT] Adams 1/4 tone sharp piano

 Hi All,

  I've just had a request to tune a piano ¼ tone sharp for a John Adams 
piece for rehearsals and concert in the next weeks. Can anyone who has 
done this before give me some idea of what I'm in for besides the 
destabilization factor. I'm going to use a Baldwin M we usually let 
people use for prepared piano stuff.

 Thanks,

 Eric

 Eric Wolfley, RPT

 Head Piano Technician

 Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

 University of Cincinnati