Aaaargh was and partly still is Piano History question

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HTML MessageI don't know for sure, but I'll wager that no one ever showed them what out of tune means. They'll notice a unison that is so bad that it sounds like some kind of clangy chord, but beats will go by them. That's because the don't know what they are and what to listen for. (I pointed that sound out to my voice teacher recently - it was revelation.) Octaves will go by them too because most of the music doesn't feature octaves without other notes being played at the same time. Also, probably the instruments they learned to play on were not well maintained. Add to that that if the whole instrument is relatively consistent in its flatness, they will simply have become accustomed to the sound. Same goes for tone. I'm new at this; most regulation problems come on gradually from wear and tear don they? If that is the case, I'll bet the answer is still that they got used to it as it happened and they don't know how it should be. Frustrating. I wonder if piano majors are taught anything about piano maintenance and care...

Sara Nash
Student tech
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alan R. Barnard 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 11:30 PM
  Subject: Aaaargh was and partly still is Piano History question
  On a more serious note (F#5 I believe ... and about 12 cents flat), here's a question:

  Why, oh why are such a high percentage of piano teachers and church musicians absolutely unable to tell if a piano is in tune, much less distinguish any subtleties of tone or regulation? Or if they CAN tell, why don't they care? I go nuts and grab the old Jahn if my own piano has even one whiny unison. But I digress ...

  Tuned the personal piano, today, of a very nice lady who is the player for a Methodist church. I've been tuning for the church every six months for  years and years now, but she has not had her personal piano tuned in who knows how long. It was 30 to 70 cents flat and icky.

  So why did she finally call??????? 

  Well, you see, they just moved the piano to their new house  ..... 

  Alan Barnard
  Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgh in Salem, MO
  Joshua 24:15
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