Eric, My opinion always has been to tune each piano to its own FAC numbers. That is the way I have always done it when faced with similar situations, and I think it always has worked out well. This is what George Defebaugh has taught many years ago, too. vince - Hello fellow cauts and caucts, - - We have an interesting scenario here and since it well may be a situation - unique to our environments, I am interested in everyone's opinion on the - subject. Our Chamber Choir, Chorale and Percussion Group are performing - Stravinsky's Les Noces this weekend. I'm not familiar with this piece (yet) - but it calls for 4 pianos. As it turns out, we can place 4 concert grands - onstage our large auditorium without any hassle. The interesting aspect of - this setting is that the 4 pianos consist of a Steinway D, a Yamaha CFIIIs, - a Kawai EX, and a Baldwin SD-10. I'll bet everyone can guess the next - question: How would you tune these pianos to each other? My assistant - Lawrence Becker is the lucky guy assigned to that hall and is up there - tuning right now for the first rehearsal using his Accutuner III. With - instruments this dissimilar, my instinct is to pick the file of the piano - that seems the most middle of the road and tune all 4 pianos to the same - tuning file. In the past, I've experimented matching up 2 similar pianos in - various ways (I use a cybertuner) with equally adequate and interesting - results, but have not encountered a challenge like this before. What would - you do?? I'm sure Lawrence will appreciate any input when he returns from - his investigations. - - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Eric Wolfley, RPT - Head Piano Technician - Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music - University of Cincinnati - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -
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