> "Some of his music > states 'play on untuned piano'." (I don't doubt that > some delightful > music publisher might have inserted that piece of > wisdom; do others > know if Joplin actually made such an instruction?) VERY, VERY UNLIKELY!!! Joplin's publisher, John Stark of St. Louis, was ADAMENT that his "high-class rags" attain the respect of European salon music, and were published in the late 1890 to WW1 period, when fine pianos were the norm. > I intoned "Believe me if Scott Joplin or Eubie Blake > could heard this > thing they would shout "Tune this thing NOW!" Good! > End of today's rant, > Patrick D > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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