It was a special magic temperament. You had to get it from a dying Eastern European piano tuner of mysterious origin as he whispers his last words in your ear. But seriously, I talked with one of the technicians who is in the book - the term "Smoke and Mirrors" was used. The conclusion I came to is that Perry is very sensitive to unisons and doesn't like a lot of stretch in the tuning. On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Thomas Cole <tcole at cruzio.com> wrote: > Did anyone ever discover what temperament she liked so much? > Tom Cole > > > Joseph Garrett wrote: > >> >> Keith said: " First Read "Grand Obsession". (should be required reading >> for all >> > technicians, IMHO!!) >> Now you're talking turkey, Joe. One of the best reads ever." >> Keith, >> Also, one of the most frustrating, ennerving things I've ever read! >> However, it is all true and written from the perspective of the >> Client/Pianist, which we, more than too often, don't understand >> completely.<G> >> Regards, >> Joe >> Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) >> Captain, Tool Police >> Squares R I >> >> > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090702/afd37a4d/attachment.htm>
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