Tuning Tunes

[gordon stelter]

Oh yes! And "Grace and Beauty" rag by James Scott.
Very
pretty.
     Thump

--- Mike  Spalding <mjbkspal@execpc.com> wrote:
> Hey Stars,
> 
> I like to start the Brahms Op 119 #1 at measure 24,
> through about 50.  It's
> F most of the way, and gets all of the bass and
> tenor ringing.  If anything
> is going to shake loose, this will do it.  Then at
> measure 44 or so there
> are quiet arpeggios that tell me right away about
> temperament or unison
> problems.  Also, a Mozart Andante, I forget which
> sonata it's from, in
> Gmajor.  Again, it tells me about problems in the
> temperament or unisons in
> the tenor / treble.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Mike Spalding RPT
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <stars@teleport.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 10:42 PM
> Subject: Tuning Tunes
> 
> 
> > Hey Y'all,
> >
> > I've been out of town for a few weeks taking care
> of my mother as she
> recovers from a knee replacement surgery. Haven't
> kept up on the digests,
> but just read the last one and a question came to
> mind.
> >
> > What tunes do you use as your 'test' tunes to play
> when you are finished
> tuning? I know this is highly irrelevant, but I find
> the choice of favorites
> interesting with the different technicians I've had
> work on my pianos over
> the years.
> >
> > As a non-professional, I can tell you that when a
> customer hears her piano
> played by someone who has just finished tuning it,
> and hears the sound
> bounce around the house of a tune that is part of
> the technicians toolbox,
> it just feels and sounds so neat to hear - how do
> you pick 'em? Which one do
> you use? And if there is a reason - why?
> >
> > :)
> > Dorie
> >
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