List, Michel Lachance wrote: >What a lot antagonists of SAT's don't seem to understand is that it is >actually possible to do an AURAL TUNING with the device. A tuning >MADE AURALLY on a given piano and stored into the machine. and Ed Foote wrote: > The best time for me is when the artist is on the way, the lights have >just been lit, and you must do a 1 1/2 hour tuning in 50 minutes. (88 clicks >on the foot switch). This past weekend was a prime example of the above-mentioned use of the SAT. One of the artists, Santiage Rodriguez, had to cancel his Saturday night concert at the last minute because of a back injury. After the mad scramble to find a replacement, Jose Feghali, and his arrival time of 4:25 PM, he didn't actually get to the school until about 5:35. After taking the time to choose which piano he wanted, moving everything else out, and in order to give him 30 minutes or so on the piano, I ended up with about 45 min. of tuning time. I had done a quick tuning early that morning before the masterclasses started, so if I had had a SAT, it would have been a relative "snap" to run through and give a good tuning in that time from a previously recorded & stored aural tuning! The same thing could also be done, of course, on a day to day basis for our regular recitals, in poorly soundproofed practice rooms, etc., etc. One of these days........ Avery _____________________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu _____________________________________
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