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Joe,
<p>I assume you are talking about pianos that are very flat, say 50c or
more. This raises a question in my mind. If a piano were tuned
40 cents sharp (or flat), and a hundred good tuners without perfect pitch
and without any pitch reference, were asked to guess, one by one, how sharp
or flat the piano is (or if it was at A440), what do you think the results
would be? Actually, this sounds like a good PTG chapter experiment,
but I wouldn't be surprised if more than half would decline for fear they'd
embarrass themselves.
<p>I bet most of them will guess within + or - 10 cents, because they would
be thinking, "No one in their right mind would tune a piano <i>very</i>
sharp or <i>very</i> flat, because the one is dangerous and the other will
mean a lot of work afterward." And they would be right.
<p>I'm all for ear training. I had ear training in college, and I
taught ear training, but nearly all of it was based on relative pitch.
It's going to take a whole lot more than having all pianos at A-440 to
abolish the "tin ear" syndrome.
<p>Regards,
<br>Clyde
<p>Joseph Garrett wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>All,
<br>A comment was made, "I can see no justification for raising the pitch....."
<br>I will give ONE very strong reason: EAR TRAINING. If some continue
to leave
<br>pianos "where they are", etc, for little Johnny to practice on, we
will
<br>never get rid of the horrible phenomenon of "Tin Ears". Please consider
<br>this. Music is to be loved, enjoyed and to ease our day to day stresses.
<br>IMHO any piano that is out of tune or not at proper pitch does none
of that.
<br>Respectfully,
<br>Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)</blockquote>
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