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That sounds like something I heard Owen Jorgensen talking about once. If
so, it's definitely not a simple tune the first time. If you are
really interested and serious about it, I would probably give him a call
for imput. Otherwise- ........."wing it".
<br>They know the request is way out there going into it, which should
imply some flexibility.
<p>Dennis Johnson
<br>St. Olaf College
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<br>Otto Keyes wrote:
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these things are incredibly well crafted, I think you will find the tuning
anything but "standard", even within the prescribed tunings/tempraments.
I would doubt that in the final analysis there will be little to be gained
by investing a great deal of worry in the process. Do your homework,
tune your best, & let the gamelan sound where it may. Where/how
it is struck, mallets used, etc., will alter the pitch significantly from
its original, out-of-tune state, so I don't think I'd sweat it much.
Chock it up to creative dissonance. :-)</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Otto</font></font>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:staples.13@osu.edu" title="staples.13@osu.edu">Mitch Staples</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org" title="caut@ptg.org">College
and University Technicians</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 24, 2003 10:04
AM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Gamelan Tunings</div>
<span class=073443817-24012003><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1>In
a couple of weeks I will be tuning a piano that will be used in a concerto
for piano with Javanese Gamelan composed by Lou Harrison. I understand
that there are at least two standard tunings (I assume they mean temperaments)
for Javanese Gamelan, Slendro and Pelog. I was supposed to get instructions
for this special tuning but it looks like I'm going to have to wing it. </font></font></span><span
class=073443817-24012003></span><span class=073443817-24012003><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1>Has
any one tuned for this piece? </font></font></span><span
class=073443817-24012003></span><span class=073443817-24012003><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1>Any
suggestions?</font></font></span><span
class=073443817-24012003></span><span class=073443817-24012003><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1>Mitch
Staples</font></font></span><span
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