Hi, A432 =~ -32 cents not -10 At 09:21 AM 10/18/2005 -0500, you wrote: >David, > >One would have to walk a fine line when disparaging an exciting idea >that a customer has latched on to. ;-) Acknowledging the vagaries of >history and that politics are never really "clean" and then moving on >to practical impacts would make sense. One is that a lot of wind >instruments need modification for such a pitch. The other is about >ear-training and being able to comfortably perform in the majority of >venues. Etc. ... > >My question has more to do with piano design. Say you have a >customer who insists on a ~10 cent low tuning. How does scale design >impact this? Can you get a reasonably resonant piano out of this >without re-scaling? > >Obviously beat rates used for aural tuning would be slower, you would >be looking for progression rather than certain rates. An ETD would >probably be the avenue of choice for the "odd" one that comes our way. > >Any other ideas. > >I think I can head this one off from becoming a reality on an >instrument, or at least turn it into an expensive experiment. :-D > >Andrew > > >At 08:35 AM 10/18/2005, you wrote: >>Andrew - >>At least Mr. LaR---che's imprimatur is relatively visible in this >>endeavor, as opposed to the unseen hand in many others. I wonder if >>you could wade through the Schiller site...no don't stop just at >>tuning, run through Mr. LaR---che's economic, scientific, and >>political theories as well...and then get back to us. Reading LaR >>can, I suppose, provide hours of speculative amusement, trying to >>separate fact from raving. I think of it as playing at the edge of >>a black hole. With this group as with Scientologists, I remain >>relatively paranoid. It's like the Harry Potter stories. They >>should simply be referred to as "you know who"s. I would not want >>to see any extended discussion of this man's ideas on this list, >>public as it is, unless someone with impeccable credentials took the >>time to de-mythify the extensive claims. The truth is, the history >>of tuning has always been a struggle, and political, and subjective, >>if not arbitrary. >> >>As far as a response to a request for such tuning, the issues as >>they affect structure, tone and stability, should be discussed >>totally apart from any connection to these tuning theories. It >>makes no difference what the origination of the request might be. >> >>David Skolnik >> >> >> >>At 07:21 AM 10/18/2005 -0500, you wrote: >>>Fellow tuners, >>>I had this sent me: http://www.schillerinstitute.org/music/revolution.html >>> >>>We've probably been aware of this for some time. Question is, has >>>anyone been impacted by this, especially in requests for >>>historic/"sensible" tunings pitches? >>> >>>Andrew >> >>and >>>Wouldn't moving a piano 10 hz lower to circa A4=430 hz result in a >>>loss of resonant power? It seems to me that you would have to >>>re-scale a piano to the target pitch if you chose to lower it like >>>that. What would be your response to such a request? >>> >>>Andrew >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.14/129 - Release Date: 10/11/2005 > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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