[CAUT] 1/4 tone piano conversion

[Ed Sutton]

Get him interested in a quarter tone harpsichord, then tune a two manual 
harpsichord with manuals at 50 cents apart.
He can have the whole in front of him, and the harpsichord goes back to 
normal when he's done.
ES

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Anderson" <andrew at andersonmusic.com>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 10:28 AM
Subject: [CAUT] 1/4 tone piano conversion


> Caut Listmembers,
> I have a request from the composer in residence here to convert a Baldwin 
> upright school-piano (late 70s early 80s vintage) into a quarter-tone 
> piano.  He suggested keeping C4 at standard pitch.  I explained the need 
> for rescaling and he still really wants the entire piano permanently 
> converted.
>
> Has anyone done this?  Are there string-scale people out there willing to 
> take re-scaling this on?  Has anyone programmed an ETD to do this (sorry I 
> only do ET & WT(s) aurally).  I have a Verituner; has anyone programmed it 
> for 1/4 tone tunings?
>
> Andrew C. Anderson
> for Laredo Community College
>