ears vs. eyes..kinda long-winded

[Richard Moody]

But Don,
    If at *concert time* the concert level tuning is half a beat
off, you are going to change every pin and string to do two cent
pitch raise and expect it to be as solid as it was before?
    If the piano is one beat off at intermission what are you
going to do about that?
    The point is machine can show the piano "floating" as much as
one cycle per second at A440 from when it is tuned to the end of
the performance. This is more than a tuning fork can do.
      You are a musician, who is going to gripe if the piano if
half a beat off at concert time?  How do they play if the piano
does indeed "float" a half or one cycle per second during the
performance?    ---ric

----- Original Message -----
From: Don <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: ears vs. eyes..kinda long-winded


> Hi Ric,
>
> If I were 1/2 beat per second "off" on a concert level tuning I
would be
> ready to start the concert tuning--not finished.
>
> At 12:51 AM 10/24/02 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>who worries about A being closer
> >than half a beat per second at concert time?  I have had
musicians
> >tell me that pianos can go off one cycle per second from a cold
> >house to intermission.  How do they know?.... they use pocket
> >tuners.  So, yes,  a $200 expense to acquire the musicians
pitch
> >source is no biggie considering the business I was getting from
> >those situations.
>