Perfect tuning

[Susan Kline]

At 07:33 PM 2/4/97 -0600, you wrote:
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>> From: Horace Greeley <hgreeley@leland.Stanford.EDU>
>> To: pianotech@byu.edu
>> Subject: Re: Perfect tuning
>> Date: Tuesday, February 04, 1997 3:00 PM
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>Horace writes
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>, you might want to
>> compare the diatonic intonation between the violin and the viola.
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>I  have always wondered what happens if the pianist plays middle C and the
>violinist plays the E tenth above, and holding that, the pianist then plays
>that E.  The piano tenth beats ten beats per second sharp of pure. The
>piano can't adjust, so the violinist must.  I have always wanted to ask if
>they hear this and how or if they adjust. Perhaps through vibrato?
>
>Richard Moody

Dear Richard and List,

I once asked William Primrose how his students adjusted to a tempered scale
when accompanied by piano, and he just said wistfully, "If only they played
as well in tune as the piano!"


Susan Kline
skline@proaxis.com
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