[pianotech] OT: Perfect pitch and temperaments

[Steven Hopp]

Hi,

 

This is not an answer but an observation.  Locally there is a tuner who claims to have perfect pitch and even informs his clients
of this and yet he tunes with an SAT III.  Go figure?

 

Steven Hopp

Midland, TX.  


From: KeyKat88 at aol.com
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:25:14 -0400
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] OT: Perfect pitch and temperaments


Greetings, 
 
      How can anyone have perfect pitch?
 
      Yesterday,  I tuned for a retired piano tuner, who had tuned his piano about 3 months ago. (I dont know why he hired me) He says he has perfect pitch.   Lo and behold, when I examined his work, although 3 months a "worn" tuning, it was pretty much "dead on".
 
     Question:  Now, if a person "au moderne" (nowdays) says they have perfect pitch, were/are humans' ears built differently than say, in Beethoven's day, where those living at that time who claimed that they had perfect pitch???
 
      I dont get it. Does the human ear get used to what temperaments are in vogue at the time?
 
Julia
Reading, PA 



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