[pianotech] Spinets making music

[Tom Rhea, Jr.]

Thanks, Ron, for giving me -- at least -- a new perspective about spinets.

Tom

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Koval
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 10:10 AM
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Subject: [pianotech] Spinets making music



On my wanderings across the web I came across this:
 
http://www.box.net/shared/ur16y8drne
 
An owner-posted recording of some of Bach's Goldberg variations
that almost has a forte-piano sound to it.  The instrument?
A Lester spinet.  Just like "car" is used to describe a wide
range of vehicles, "piano" includes a wide range of instruments.
 
I see it as a challenge to see how well I can make a spinet play
by just tuning alone - using the same time as a regular appointment.
While it is good sport to bash the little pianos, it might just be
our approach to tuning that contributes to the sound we often expect
to hear from spinets.
 
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different
results."
Albert Einstein
 
Ron Koval
chicagoland
 
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