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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Interesting ... REALLY wish you'd left out your =
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tag line—you know, as in "drop it."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Oil on the Waters from Salem, MO</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=SidewaysWell1713@aol.com
href="mailto:SidewaysWell1713@aol.com">SidewaysWell1713@aol.com</A> =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 06, 2002 =
8:19
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Octaves =
Testimonial</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 =
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">List,<BR><BR>I got this testimonial this morning =
from a
scientist who had discovered my webpage. As it says in my =
website, I've
been tuning my octaves this way for about 20 years. I clearly =
remember
Jim Coleman rushing up to me after the recital at the Convention in =
1993
saying, "You've done something with the octaves. I don't know =
what it is
but I like it!". From what Richard Brekne has written recently, =
I
believe he is on to the same idea.<BR><BR>Not everyone gets it =
though.
None of the ETD stretch programs can tune the octaves this way. =
There is
one individual out there who can't bear to see his name associated =
with his
own words. According to him, this way of tuning octaves "doesn't =
make
sense at all". He is actively trying to disallow me from quoting =
him by
force. I think it would be a lot easier if he just admitted that =
he
might not know eberything there is to know.<BR><BR>Here is what one =
visitor to
my website had to say this morning:<BR><BR>Your web site was an =
eye-opener or
better an ear-opener!<BR><BR>I am a scientist, a physicist, play piano =
for
fun, not too good. However, I<BR>started to teach myself to tune the =
piano
since I was 18 (that is almost 30<BR>years ago!). I did it always by =
ear but I
only tuned my grandmother's<BR>upright and our Bluethner grand (which =
is in
Germany). When I came to the<BR>US, I bought an electronic tuner, =
thought it
would speed things up, since I<BR>almost every time had to 're-learn' =
how to
tune and sharpen my ears'<BR>perception. Until then, by the way, I =
checked my
tuning always by scaling up<BR>the large 3rds and 6ths. I found this =
out by
myself, probably because my<BR>tuning wasn't that great and I need =
some other
means of testing how well I<BR>did. It can easily happen to mistakenly =
made
the 5th larger instead of<BR>smaller, as an example.<BR><BR>Then I =
noticed
that pure octaves aren't satisfying at all. Especially in the<BR>lower =
keys, I
liked to spread the octaves, since there were other harmonics<BR>that =
were
prominent in their beats, and the ear didn't mind a slow =
rolling<BR>octave.
And therefore I dispised my electronic tuner.<BR><BR>Then I became =
fascinated
by the idea to use the 5th as a pure interval<BR>instead of the =
octave. I just
fumbled a bit with this last week. However,<BR>the octaves take a =
beating, so
I thought of maybe a compromise, then I<BR>stumbled upon your web site =
->
the 'ear-opener'!!<BR><BR>I thank you so much to put this on the web, =
I will
try your technique!<BR><BR>Did you ever think of possible =
(psychological or
whatever) effects of a pure<BR>5th (Pythagorean) tuning on the =
listener? It
might require the 'right' music<BR>that avoids octaves, so you don't =
hear
their beat too much. How about the<BR>RIGHT pitch, is A 440 what it =
should be,
is there a better 'fundamental<BR>tone' - the right frequency and can =
it be
'felt'?<BR><BR>I am thinking about the human chakra system, there =
might be
more behind<BR>this. I am not sure if you are into this - but since =
you
figured all this<BR>great stuff out I wondered if there was
more...<BR><BR>With best regards,<BR><BR>Stephan Fuelling, =
Ph.D.<BR><BR>Bill
Bremmer RPT<BR>Inventor of octaves which "don't make sense at
all"<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>