David, Doesn't the time frame she referenced eliminate the possibility of etds being used? Sincerely, Keith On Jan 29, 2011, at 11:23 AM, David Love wrote: > All due respect Susan but how can you possibly tell whether the pianos in those recordings were tuned aurally or with etds … > > -----Original Message----- > From: Susan Kline <skline at peak.org> > > Older piano recordings, done in the 1930's or 1940's never exhibit these > tuning problems, > even when one can hear that the temperaments are sometimes not > conventionally equal. > The stretches are beautiful, and the unisons and voicing are usually > superb. There is > warmth to the sound, there is a glow which can be heard, even through > the primitive > recording techniques. Primitive in some ways, but they capture some > beautiful aspects > of piano sound which often are lacking in later eras. So, I tip my hat > to the piano > tuners of that time, many unknown, across the decades.
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