On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Phil Bondi wrote: > ..Gina, thanks for the reply..I'm not going to be able to tune twice either > way..the performance rider reads Piano will be tuned to A=442 by 2:30PM on > 1/30/98..that's it..and I'm booked all next week..I was given a *tip* on how to > to give the impression of 442 and have the piano not really be at > 442..deceptive..??.. Hi, Phil. I've told the story before, but for many years I cared for a beautiful, older Baldwin concert grand in a performing arts center. For many years I tuned it at least once a week and fequently more often. We became good friends and it would almost tune itself, always to A-440. One day the music director for a well-known performer came in, made a big deal about what a great ear he had and INSISTED that the piano be tuned to A-441. I tuned the piano to A-440 and then went back to A and tweaked it up one cps. When I called "Mr. Great Ear" over, he pulled an electronic gizmo out of his pocket, checked my A and pronounced the tuning "perfect". He didn't even try it out. He was so pleased that although I was only sup- posed to do the one tuning, he paid me to tune it again at intermission and then tipped me on top of that--all in cash! That's the only time I ever pulled that little trick and I'm not recommending that you try it. It's just that when he made such a big deal about his "great ear", I couldn't resist putting it to the test and it turned out that he car- ried his "ear" in his pocket! Les Smith
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