Thus spoke Zarathoustra

[Michel Lachance]

Robert Scott wrote:
> 
> 
> How about using a pipe organ with the piano?  Don't they have
> zero inharmonicity?  If you tuned middle C to a pipe that was
> rich in harmonics, then the partials of the piano string would
> beat with the harmonics of the pipe.
> 
> Bob Scott


Have you ever heard Richard Strauss Overture Also sprach Zarathoustra 
(2001 Odyssey Theme...)?  What strikes me everytime I hear it, no matter 
what version, is that flat sounding organ when left alone after the 
orchestra was holding a full blast C major chord at the end.  Is it 
because the orchestra pitch tends to go slightly up when playing a 
triple forte? Or is it because all these organs have been tuned by the  
same tuner?

Michel Lachance