This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I'm with Mr. May except "most" can't hear the difference between 440 an= d 442...and for him to say it "makes my music so much better" is balone= y IMHO... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California Original message From: "Joseph Garrett" To: pianotech Received: 2/7/2006 11:14:48 AM Subject: Re: 440 vs 442 Mr May said: "I have suggested that there isn't an ear in the world tha= t can hear the difference between 440 and 442 " NOT! I've personally had experiences where the Artist knew damned well = what pitch the piano was at! One, incidence: Tete Montilo, a Spanish Ja= zz Muscician of extremely high caliber. He is blind and only has good h= earing in one ear. During a Jazz Festival, I enjoyed his playing and to= ld him so. His comment was that the Steinway D was nice but it would ha= ve been nicer if it were at 442. At that time, I didn't consider that h= e could really know. After the Festival, he was scheduled to do a priva= te party in a local Night Club, on a different piano. I was asked to tu= ne for it. On a whim, I set the piano at 442, just to see if he could t= ell. I didn't tell anyone.<G> Immediately after the first "set", he had= his sister steer him to me. He was quite jubilant and said: "Thank you= , so much, for tuning the piano at 442. It makes my music better!" Yes,= there are those who can tell the difference. Do I advocate 442? Not no= , Hell No! IMO, it's just stupid. But, that's just my o! pinion. Does i= t make the piano project better? I don't think so, but there's no way t= o really tell. On the few, rare occasions, that I do concert work, where 442 is reques= ted, I will only do it, IF the artist will pay for the retuning of the = instrument back to 440. So far, none have agreed to that, so they get 4= 40! IMO, the venue should not have to bear the cost of this nonsense. Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4e/2d/6b/df/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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