SAT, RCT and Concert Tuning...

[Susan Kline]

Hello, Jay

You asked:

>4. ALSO:  about concert tuning - someone made a comment about "bringing a
>fork, hammer, two mutes and felt and call that a concert tuning" in a
>jokingly manner.  What does a concert tuning employ?

That was my comment, and what I really said was,

" Likes to walk up to a 9 foot grand with a tuning fork, a muting strip,
and two wedges, and end up with a concert tuning. Actually listens to the
concert afterwards."

You will note that I forgot to mention the tuning lever, and had to rush back
onto our screens with an "oops" to add it to my tool kit.

I was listing the hypothetical qualifications for membership in a
"dinosaurs'" tuning club ... that is, old fashioned ways of doing things,
all of which I still do. I do like being able to produce an excellent
tuning with the basic tools. A concert tuning is no different from a normal
tuning, except that (a) the piano is usually a lot better, (b) the tuning
and especially the unisons must be ROCK STEADY and indestructible, no
matter how heavily the pianist plays, and (c) technical problems like
sluggish dampers, uneven voicing, and pedal squeaks are _unacceptable._
(Not that they are all that acceptable anyway.) and then there are other
things (d?) like getting done within a time frame, and helping the artists
feel comfortable with the piano .... 

It doesn't matter what I call a tuning: it either is fit for a concert, or
it isn't. 

I hope this clarifies what I said for you.

Susan




Susan Kline
P.O. Box 1651
Philomath, OR 97370
skline@proaxis.com