[pianotech] OFF topic

[CHARLES BECKER]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Sivak" <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] OFF topic


> It's happening to me.   I'm starting to hear things a half step sharp! 
> Used to be, after taking out the temperament strip, I'd never look at the 
> keys as I went up or down the keyboard chromatically, because I knew where 
> I was.  Now I find myself reaching for that Db, and then realizing that 
> the C that I just tuned was actually a B!
>
> I used to be able to tell what keys songs on the radio were in.  Now, I 
> have to wonder...did the Beatles really play that in the key of Ab?  Then 
> I think, it's probably in G, and I'm just hearing sharp again.
>
> This is like losing your sight or not being able to walk without a cane 
> any longer.  It's jarring.  It's depressing.  Getting older is no fun.
>
> Tom Sivak
> Chicago
>
>
> --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco at luther.edu> wrote:
>
>> From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [pianotech] OFF topic
>> To: pianotech at ptg.org
>> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 11:13 AM
>> Gary Bruce wrote:
>> > Never heard of that one before.  How do you know she
>> heard an E-flat?
>> >
>> > On Mon, November 24, 2008 7:08 pm, Leslie Bartlett
>> wrote:
>> >> I tuned today for a musician, in her 60's,
>> outstanding as pianist,
>> >> organist, composer.  She said she had very good
>> pitch in younger years,
>> >> but now she hears everything a half step flat.
>> Playing a few notes on
>> >> piano, and sure enough, playing an E she heard
>> E-flat, and so forth.
>> >>
>> >> Anyone had experience with this king of thing?
>> >> les bartlett
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > Gary Bruce, RPT
>> > Bruce Musical Services, Inc.
>> > a440 at brucemusical.com
>> >
>> >
>>
>> What was the actual pitch of the instrument?  Had a
>> previous tuner tuned
>> the beastie a half step flat because the pins wouldn't
>> hold any higher????
>>
>> -- 
>> Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician
>> Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
>> 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
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