Thus spoke Zarathoustra +

[pianoman]

Dear Michel,
Back in the 60's when Allen organs were still analog I got the job of
retuning the Allen to A-442, the St. Louis Symphony's pitch for a
performance of this piece..  The only time it seemed when you heard the
organ was at the end and I don't recall the Allen sounding flat.  All I
felt was "All that work for that"!

James Grebe
R.P.T. from St. Louis
pianoman@inlink.com
"Take me through the darkness to the break of the day"

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> From: Michel Lachance <chance@InterLinx.qc.ca>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Thus spoke Zarathoustra
> Date: Tuesday, October 14, 1997 4:27 PM
> 
> 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