Unison slump

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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Phil,
 
Another thing to factor in here might be frequency of tuning vs. power of  
the pianist.  If you're doing high end work, odds are, the player is going  to 
do his/her best to knock the piano out of tune(unintentionally, of  course).  I 
see it as a never ending battle.  
 
Some of the teachers I tune for are REALLY strong players who break strings  
and knock the instruments out of tune, especially in the killer octave, with  
great regularity.  What can I do about it?  Not much, I've decided,  unless 
they have their pianos tuned with far more frequency than they do.   Monthly 
would be good, or even more often.
 
In attempting to emulate one of the players' in order to get a unison solid  
recently, I broke a string in the killer octave.  That sure didn't do much  
for unison stability....;-{
 
I also think that Andre is right in that your ear's ability to be more  
discerning is hard at work here.  
 
Though I haven't heard your work, I'm certain that you do as good as job as  
possible in any given circumstance.  That's really all you can do.
 
Dave Stahl
 
In a message dated 3/11/05 4:09:14 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
phil@philbondi.com writes:

Thanks to  all for the thoughtful responses. Like I said in my original 
post, there's  a number of factors at work for me feeling the way that I 
do about  unisons, especially on my high-end work. All of them are 
working together  at this point.

To give you an idea:

-Andre suggested I was  hearing at the next level (thank you)
-Guy suggested massage (I already get  2 a month)
-Terry suggested the pianos are getting worse.!!!?!?! (not on my  
high-end work)
-Jonathan suggested being more sensitive to unisons  (probably)

All of these suggestions are working together at this point.  I certainly 
hope this is not coming across as being whiny..but it is  something I 
have noticed, noted, and will improve  upon.


 

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