[pianotech] Respect

[David Love]

The reference made was to current recordings and "sensing" that they might
have been tuned with etds, not the older recordings.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Mr. Mac's
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 9:45 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Respect

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.