selling the pitchraise:student's neurology and inappropriateaural reference

[Farrell]

Good point! Especially in the bass. Especially on an older piano that has bass strings starting to get a little tubby. Bringing those up from a semi-tone flat can bring them from total drab tubbiness to a state where they have some significant life!

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Norman Barrett" <nbarrett@midsouth.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 1:40 AM
Subject: Re: selling the pitchraise:student's neurology and inappropriateaural reference


> Anthony,
> 
> The main reason that I always try to sell the pitch raise has nothing to do with perfect pitch. The way I sell it is to show the customer how the tone dramically improves as the string is brought up to pitch. This is very easy to demonstrate as the tone blooms as it comes up to pitch. This is also the reason that I believe that the piano should be at standard pitch.
> 
> Norm Barrett
>  Memphis chapter PTG
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anthony S.Wright" <asw2nr@earthlink.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:21 AM
> Subject: Re: selling the pitchraise:student's neurology and inappropriateaural reference
> 
> 
> > Hi Susan
> > 
> > Being that a child's neurology is so plastic, and forms networks so quickly
> > is where my concerns are. As adults, we've pretty much laid in the
> > groundwork, though it can, with some effort be significantly added to;
> > witness the difficulty of learning a language for a 4 year old, versus an
> > adult picking up an additional 'foreign' language.
> > 
> > Also, lets say you were in an isolated situation for a few years, playing a
> > piano that was at a different pitch, but in tune with itself; I'll bet
> > things would sound a little odd when you listened to other pitches, if you
> > chose to attend to it on a subtle level.
> > 
> > And as far as I am aware, it is only those folks who have so-called 'perfect
> > pitch' 
> 
>