Floating pitch

[Wimblees@aol.com]

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In a message dated 8/28/02 11:20:46 AM Central Daylight Time, 
dkvander@joplin.com writes:


> In past years I have attempted to tune pianos in the colleges I tune for to 
> A-440 each tuning.  This has caused me extra work (usually unpaid), and 
> mental stress.
> 
> This year I have floated pitch on every piano I have tuned, and I feel so 
> much happier!  No one has complained about the pianos being at A-442 or 
> A-443, and the pianos are behaving better.  When the temperature is 72 
> Fahrenheit, and the relative humidity is 83% indoors in the music building, 
> floating pitch is the only way to go.
> 
> Thanks to Kent Swafford, I have finally seen the light!
> 
> David Vanderhoofven
> 

With all due respect to Kent, I wholeheartedly disagree with floating pitch. 
Our job, regardless of how much time and effort it takes, is to tune pianos 
to the correct pitch, especially in a college situation, where pianos are 
used by many different people, and are most likely used to accompany other 
instruments. I could maybe see floating the pitch on a piano that is used 
only in a home, where no other instruments are being played. But not in a 
college setting. 

I'm sorry, David, that you think you have found a new light. But it's not a 
light I want to see. 

Wim 

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