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[Isaac sur Noos]

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Tuning harpsichord is a quiet job comparing to piano , nice on the ears ,
I've find that it take a few moments to fight the natural tendency for us to
stretch octaves, as stretched octaves on a harpsichord tone really harsh
(while I've heard of tuning short less than pure octaves in the high treble
to obtain a frictional reinforcement effect of the higher notes )

About Mr Bach, when we imagine the cost of a tuning in those days, he may
have been very avarious not to call his regular tuner and doing the job
himself  (it was well before even the first oil breakdown is not it ?). Or
may be his colleague was not allowing him enough budget for tuning ?

Greetings.

Isaac OLEG

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  De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
part de Kevin E. Ramsey
  Envoyé : vendredi 25 juillet 2003 06:13
  À : Pianotech
  Objet : Re: Thumper Board


  No, Don. Nobody's saying that. Bach was greater than most of the later
composers, in his style. It's really incredible the volumn and quality of
his work, which was mostly done on harpsichords, virginals, and organs. He
learned to tune his own in-home instruments, and could do it in about
fifteen minutes a day, from what I have read. After that, the piano came
along, which was so hard to tune, compared to the harpsichord, that it
spawned a whole new profession; Ours.
  I really love the sound of a nice, in tune, harpsichord. Like a gigantic
guitar, with bass. Love the way it feels to play it, too.
  Kevin.
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Don
    To: Pianotech
    Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 10:02 PM
    Subject: Re: Thumper Board


    Hi,

    Nice to know that pre Baroque composers were all duds! Do read and do
    listen to some of the magnificent music of that era. PLEASE!

    At 11:01 PM 7/24/2003 -0400, you wrote:
    >
    >I think the point is that the majority of Great Composers did not
    >arrive until the piano tuning industry was well in place. Which was
    >why Bach was such a rarity, almost as rare as his piano. The real
    >flourishing of Great Composers was made possible once composers were
    >freed from the onerous task of tuning their own keyboards.
    >
    >Mr. Bill

    Regards,
    Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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