>From Steve Brady's book, "Under the Lid" "...I always pitch the two pianos exactly together whenever possible. That being said, I have learned that for most repertoire, in emergency situations a pitch difference of as much as four cents between the two pianos will usually be acceptable to the pianist and the audience, as long as each piano is beautifully in tune within itself. " Ry On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Mr. Mac's <tune-repair at allegiance.tv>wrote: > For clarification: > It occured to me that there might be some who could misunderstand, > soI felt it would be best to mention it. > > The pianos were tuned to themselves, but with each having the same initial > reference pitch … A440. > > Also: > Isn't this what essentially happens when an orchestra tunes up. > A reference note is given, the others instruments focus in on that, > and away they go. The various instruments do not attempt > to be like the other instruments because of size, shape or size. > They are what they are. The music then becomes a blend of all the > differences. > > And: > The pianos are not always played together, but have solo moments. > The activity of trying to blend the tunings, note for note, so to speak, > would seem to me, to possibly be a bit more dissonant during those solo > times. > > I liked that term "mixed breed tunings". > > Sincerely, > > Keith McGavern, RPT > pianostuff.kamcam.com > > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110129/e913571d/attachment.htm>
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