[pianotech] Octaves & Unions

Terry Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Fri Feb 4 21:12:46 MST 2011


So shift the darn pitch on the ETD. Some of the modern ones can handle  
that.....

Terry Farrell

On Feb 4, 2011, at 10:28 PM, Susan Kline wrote:

> On 2/4/2011 4:39 PM, Mr. Mac's wrote:
>>> >  … This is where you have to trust your ear 100% - an ETD is  
>>> worse than useless, it could get you in real trouble...
>> In my opinion this comment is baseless. The only way an ETD
>>    could get you into real trouble is lack of understanding.
> Well, I don't have direct knowledge, but I could imagine how things  
> could come undone.
>
> Recording studio, cool in morning, piano in tune with ETD. Lights,  
> lots of action, studio gets warmer, piano shifts just a cent or  
> two ... and some unisons get banged out enough that all three  
> strings are different places, though not by much.
>
> ETD wants to put them exactly where they were in the early morning,  
> but two or three tracks recorded right around lunch time are at the  
> shifted pitch already.
>
> Maybe someone who has done recordings can weight in? I get the  
> feeling Israel has done this?
>
> Susan
>



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