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In Ref. to the self tuning piano. It seems to me that a piano wire that is
being warmed to maintain pitch will brake with any amount of hard playing
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Musselwhite" <john@musselwhite.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: perfect pitch


> At 05:20 PM 03/07/02 -0400, Dave R wrote:
>
> >HazenBannister@cs.com wrote:
> >  What I  was wondering is,what is perfect pitch
> >related to? Is it equal temperament,or some other
> >temperament.
> >
> >Dave R:    Yes and no.
> >
> >     Perfect pitch is related to whatever a person has
> >been exposed and trained to. Perfect pitch is
> >extrodinary memory for these pitches as a person has
> >become accustomed to hearing and expecting them to
> >sound.
>
>  From the research I've read I suspect it is slightly more than that.
> Here are some links about perfect pitch which may be helpful:
>
> http://ww2.mcgill.ca/psychology/levitin/grove.html
> http://www.apnet.com/inscight/03161998/grapha.htm
> http://www.sunflower.org/~bhugh/perfect-pitch-2.spm
> http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9605/19/perfect.pitch/
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/02/010222074848.htm
> http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/perfectpitch.html
>
> >PS: does anyone here know the range of a tuba.??? :)
>
> With a good arm and the right wind maybe 4 metres?
>
> Seriously though, it's F1 to F4 on the piano keyboard.
>
>                  John
>
> John Musselwhite, RPT    -     Calgary, Alberta Canada
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