<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2722.900" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Unless 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></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto</FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=staples.13@osu.edu href="mailto:staples.13@osu.edu">Mitch Staples</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto: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> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=073443817-24012003>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.  </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=073443817-24012003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=073443817-24012003>Has any one tuned for this piece?  </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=073443817-24012003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=073443817-24012003>Any suggestions?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=073443817-24012003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=073443817-24012003>Mitch Staples</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=073443817-24012003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>