This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Joe I'm sorry but I still would have to see it to believe it. He would have = to play a couple more pianos for me. I have had occasions where the = artist or stage manager pulled out a meter and checked the pitch. Are = you sure he didn't have one. 2 cps out of 440cps, 4 cps out of 880cps 8 = cps out of 1760. I'm sorry Joe,you will have a hard time convincing me. Thanks anyway for the contribution on A440. I am collecting ideas and = back up for the Symphonic Assoc. Ron May ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Joseph Garrett=20 To: pianotech=20 Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 2:14 PM Subject: Re: 440 vs 442 Mr May said: "I have suggested that there isn't an ear in the world = that 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 = Jazz Muscician of extremely high caliber. He is blind and only has good = hearing in one ear. During a Jazz Festival, I enjoyed his playing and = told him so. His comment was that the Steinway D was nice but it would = have been nicer if it were at 442. At that time, I didn't consider that = he could really know. After the Festival, he was scheduled to do a = private party in a local Night Club, on a different piano. I was asked = to tune for it. On a whim, I set the piano at 442, just to see if he = could tell. 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 it make the piano project better? I don't think so, but = there's no way to really tell. On the few, rare occasions, that I do concert work, where 442 is = requested, 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 440! 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/8b/1c/3e/f0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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