This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment That doesn't make much sense, Julie. A piano that reads music in Bflat, = but sounds in A would necessitate a Bflat instrument, reading his music = in C to have to transpose to the key of B...hardly facile for that = instrument. Or if the pianist transposes instead, then that player would = have to play in the key of B. But then I would just as soon grab my A = clarinet and read the Bflat music as is. But a reason to tune a half = step flat to accommodate the Bflat instruments? Nope.=20 I hope that came out right <G> Joseph Alkana RPT ----- Original Message -----=20 From: KeyKat88@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 9:31 AM Subject: Re: Tuning Standard In a message dated 1/4/2006 1:16:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, = adarpub@midrivers.com writes: A friend in Brazil has been talking to me about the possibility of =20 beginning tuning, and I'd be glad to help out. But she says that =20 there pianos are generally tuned 1/2 step flat. I'm curious about =20 that. Does anyone know why that might be? Because of that, she = says =20 they have mostly limited themselves to keyboards to avoid the = obvious =20 pitch/transposing challenges. Arlie Rauch Glendive, MT Greetings, The only reason I can think of why they would tune a piano = 1/2 step flat is because of playing with B flat transposing instruments. Julie=20 Reading, PA ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f0/64/7d/05/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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