Greetings,
Paul Chick was asked about his initial venture into non-ET in a
commercial venue:
<<Here's what they said:
"Oh!!! This is different. The piano sounds bigger. How did you voice it
like this?...I just happen to know something in F#...ah it's a little
harsh.(Elton John piece)."
"Oh man!!! If you can make a Kohler & Campbell (SKG600 Grand) sound like
this, what can you do with a Boston or Steinway (grand)? Man!!! It sounds so
opened up."
"Oh my, you made this thing sound bigger! You said you did what to it?
Can you make my piano at home sound like this!?!>>
This is really good news, and I hope Paul is able to extract a premium
price for his additional expertise. He went to some trouble and expense to
get it, and he took some extra risk in its introduction, so his returns
should increase to justify his initiative. Money is a major impetus in
expanding ones abilities to a multi-temperament status. Temperaments are
tools.
Perhaps Paul could give us some idea of what strength temperament he
tuned, since I believe that the instructions I passed out were "Tuning to
Taste" and allowed a great deal of lattitude for the tuner to make their own
decisions. Paul??, (I feel like a fellow fisherman asking,"What are they
hitting on, today?" )
Regards,
ED Foote RPT
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