Way back in the day, there was a pianist named Crazy Otto who had the two
outer strings tuned 3 cents flat and 2 cents sharp, if memory serves me
correct, to get the desired effect...something like that.
On Feb 22, 2011 11:34 PM, "Tom Gorley" <tomgorley88 at sonic.net> wrote:
I am a proponent of the unevenness of a honky tonk tuning. It's very nature
is varying degrees of out-of tune-ness. I would tune the piano and then let
down one string by ear to the desired sound (some were raised). I don't see
why identical out-of tune-ness is required. When I did one for an opera
group, they listened to and discussed if the sound was aromatic enough for
the particular desired effect. Let your ear be your guide. You don't need a
PDA for this part.
---Tom Gorley
On Feb 22, 2011, at 7:05 PM, Barbara Richmond passed on this question from
Robin Stevens
> With the advent of PDAs nowadays I am wondering how many cents sharp or
flat the third string is...
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