Ken, Maybe it was also, partially, that that is what she had gotten used to hearing because the piano wasn't tuned ofter enough. Maybe not in your example, but I *have* run across some pretty good examples of "it's amazing what the human ear can get used to hearing!" :-) Avery > I had a lady who complained that my tuning was too dull. What she >wanted were unisons which were slightly off. I gave her a choice of one, >two or three beats per second and she chose the two beats per second. I >slowed them down in the tenor section and speeded them up a bit in the >treble. > What a strange feeling it was to tune like that! When I got >finished, she said, "It sounds worse but it's better. Do you know what I >mean?" I wasn't sure I did but she was a happy customer. > When I played some chords on the piano it sounded strange but not >really wild. I could understand somebody preferring that sound, at least >for popular music. > > Ken Burton "Doctor Piano" Calgary Alberta _____________________________________ Avery Todd Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4893 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu http://www.uh.edu/music/ _____________________________________
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