Thumper Board

Kevin E. Ramsey kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net
Thu, 24 Jul 2003 21:13:11 -0700


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No, Don. Nobody's saying that. Bach was greater than most of the later =
composers, in his style. It's really incredible the volumn and quality =
of his work, which was mostly done on harpsichords, virginals, and =
organs. He learned to tune his own in-home instruments, and could do it =
in about fifteen minutes a day, from what I have read. After that, the =
piano came along, which was so hard to tune, compared to the =
harpsichord, that it spawned a whole new profession; Ours.
I really love the sound of a nice, in tune, harpsichord. Like a gigantic =
guitar, with bass. Love the way it feels to play it, too.
Kevin.
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  From: Don=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 10:02 PM
  Subject: Re: Thumper Board


  Hi,

  Nice to know that pre Baroque composers were all duds! Do read and do
  listen to some of the magnificent music of that era. PLEASE!

  At 11:01 PM 7/24/2003 -0400, you wrote:
  >
  >I think the point is that the majority of Great Composers did not=20
  >arrive until the piano tuning industry was well in place. Which was=20
  >why Bach was such a rarity, almost as rare as his piano. The real=20
  >flourishing of Great Composers was made possible once composers were=20
  >freed from the onerous task of tuning their own keyboards.
  >
  >Mr. Bill

  Regards,
  Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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