Les Noces

[Avery Todd]

Dave,

The numbers I got off the EX we had loaned to us for a few weeks
here were: F = 7.1   A = 6.9   C = 7.7

Eric, even though it's gone as of last Tuesday, I'd be interested
in knowing how those compare to your EX.

Avery

>Eric:
>
>I don't have a tuning file for a Kawai EX, but I have the other 3.  I
>use TuneLab Pro so I loaded the Steinway D tuning then used the PTG
>tuning test mode to compare it with the CFIIIS file.  It showed a 1
>point error at B7 (the highest note tested).  Next I compared it to
>the Baldwin SD-10 file I have and that would have scored a perfect
>100 on the tuning test. 
>
>If I had to do that here I think I'd tune each piano to its own best
>tuning file and forget it.  I doubt that there are very many places
>where each piano is playing the same note.  As I said, I don't know
>about the EX so you're on your own, but I doubt that it would be THAT
>radical a departure from the other 3.
>
>Good luck with the gig.  It sounds like fun.
>
>dave
>
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>On 3/6/2002 at 12:01 PM Wolfley, Eric (WOLFLEEL) wrote:
>
>>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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>David M. Porritt
>dporritt@mail.smu.edu
>Meadows School of the Arts
>Southern Methodist University
>Dallas, TX 75275
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