There was an interesting thread about this on Pianoworld forums last year: http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/630223/1.html Perri is a regular on the forums. If you get a discussion going there she will probably jump right in! On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 5:56 PM, <A440A at aol.com> wrote: > Ed writes: > > << I was arranging for measurements of Marc's tuning to be made so we could > > publish them when Perri Knize informed me that Marc doesn't always get it > > right, it is only The Temperament if she hears it and approves. >> > > After reading the book, what strikes me is that Perri Knize is being > given seemingly unquestioned credibilty for constancy, ie, that she is a > validly consistant judge of what is in front of her. > It is entirely possible that her perception changes daily and whether > the tuning is "it" or not depends as much on where she is coming from at > that > particular time as it does on what is actually on the piano. Marc's tuning > could easily be more constant than her perception of what she is hearing, > and the "success" depends more on her being in a particular emotional place > than his stretch being at a particular level at any given time. > It makes for an interesting book, but doesn't necessarily have anything > to do with tuning. > Regards, > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > <BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Dell Summer Savings: Cool Deals on Popular > Laptops – Shop Now! > ( > http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222696924x1201468348/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D > 1629%2D1<http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222696924x1201468348/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D%0A1629%2D1> > )</HTML> > -- 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/20090702/9d9c7f18/attachment.htm>
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