----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Sivak" <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 8:50 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] OFF topic > It's happening to me. I'm starting to hear things a half step sharp! > Used to be, after taking out the temperament strip, I'd never look at the > keys as I went up or down the keyboard chromatically, because I knew where > I was. Now I find myself reaching for that Db, and then realizing that > the C that I just tuned was actually a B! > > I used to be able to tell what keys songs on the radio were in. Now, I > have to wonder...did the Beatles really play that in the key of Ab? Then > I think, it's probably in G, and I'm just hearing sharp again. > > This is like losing your sight or not being able to walk without a cane > any longer. It's jarring. It's depressing. Getting older is no fun. > > Tom Sivak > Chicago > > > --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco at luther.edu> wrote: > >> From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco at luther.edu> >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] OFF topic >> To: pianotech at ptg.org >> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 11:13 AM >> Gary Bruce wrote: >> > Never heard of that one before. How do you know she >> heard an E-flat? >> > >> > On Mon, November 24, 2008 7:08 pm, Leslie Bartlett >> wrote: >> >> I tuned today for a musician, in her 60's, >> outstanding as pianist, >> >> organist, composer. She said she had very good >> pitch in younger years, >> >> but now she hears everything a half step flat. >> Playing a few notes on >> >> piano, and sure enough, playing an E she heard >> E-flat, and so forth. >> >> >> >> Anyone had experience with this king of thing? >> >> les bartlett >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > Gary Bruce, RPT >> > Bruce Musical Services, Inc. >> > a440 at brucemusical.com >> > >> > >> >> What was the actual pitch of the instrument? Had a >> previous tuner tuned >> the beastie a half step flat because the pins wouldn't >> hold any higher???? >> >> -- >> Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician >> Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 >> 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 > >
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