Betsy Ross Spinet

Thomas Cole tcole@cruzio.com
Thu, 20 May 2004 23:28:42 -0700


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Terry Farrell wrote:

>She had "perfect pitch?" Could you please define that?
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That she could remember perfectly and instantly what the notes of her 
(old) piano sounded like.

Which makes it damn difficult to play on her new piano (until she does a 
mental pitch raise).

Tom Cole

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>From: "Thomas Cole" <tcole@cruzio.com>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 5:25 PM
>Subject: Re: Betsy Ross Spinet
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>>Given the widely-pervading lack of knowledge about pianos and such, it 
>>becomes the job of the piano technician to be aware of the level of 
>>playing ability vis-a-vis the quality of the instrument, and to advise 
>>the owner/parent when the mismatch becomes too great.
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>>This month I tuned for a 30-ish woman who was shocked at the sound of 
>>her new Yamaha upright. She has perfect pitch and did not realize until 
>>now that the old thing she practiced on as a child was tuned a half step 
>>flat. :-(
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>>Tom Cole
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