Interesting Jon. What temperament did you use on the "L"? Moore? What type(s) of music was the musician playing? Thanks. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Page" <jonpage@attbi.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 3:00 PM Subject: ET...go home > > sent prematurely... finished sentence is underlined. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Today unfolded to be an interesting day. > > Yesterday, I tuned a Wurlitzer console scheduled for delivery. ET made the > thing sound harsh, )like it needed help). > Today I retuned it in WT (Moore). What a difference. Not harsh but round > and sonorous. > I liked it so much I retuned the Kawai console going out too. > > Besides that, two very accomplished musicians came by to try a 6'4" S&S A. > One plays piano and one plays violin, both Artistic Directors of area > chamber music festivals. > The violinist's organization will now get the recommendation to purchase > the S&S. > I mentioned to the piano player to try the Baldwin L next to the A. I had > just tuned it in WT. > The first chord, "WOW". He proceeded to rip through some music commenting > on how > open the music sounded. He tried the same piece on the A (ET). Although the > A is a far better piano > than the tired old L, the consensus was that the WT sounded better. The > violinist asked if I could tune > the festival this summer in WT. Can do. > > Comparing thirds between the WT and ET I think has made a few converts. > > Nothing like side by side comparison. > > I don't think I will give an option of WT over ET. Just do it. What's the > big deal with ET anyway? > > > > Regards, > > Jon Page, piano technician > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. > mailto:jonpage@attbi.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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