<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Adams 1/4 tone sharp piano</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7226.0" name=Generator></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none">Some broken strings...50 cents sharp...442 is + 8cents...445 is +20 cents....yikes...sounds like trouble to me... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message From: "Wolfley, Eric \(wolfleel\)" <WOLFLEEL@UCMAIL.UC.EDU> To: caut@ptg.org Received: 3/22/2006 2:32:22 PM Subject: [CAUT] Adams 1/4 tone sharp piano  Hi All, I’ve just had a request to tune a piano Ľ tone sharp for a John Adams piece for rehearsals and concert in the next weeks. Can anyone who has done this before give me some idea of what I’m in for besides the destabilization factor. I’m going to use a Baldwin M we usually let people use for prepared piano stuff. Thanks, Eric <A name="">Eric Wolfley, RPT</A> Head Piano Technician Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati </DIV></BODY></HTML>