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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know for sure, but I'll wager that no one
ever showed them what out of tune means. They'll notice a unison that is so bad
that it sounds like some kind of clangy chord, but beats will go by them. That's
because the don't know what they are and what to listen for. (I pointed that
sound out to my voice teacher recently - it was revelation.) Octaves will go by
them too because most of the music doesn't feature octaves without other notes
being played at the same time. Also, probably the instruments they learned to
play on were not well maintained. Add to that that if the whole instrument is
relatively consistent in its flatness, they will simply have become accustomed
to the sound. Same goes for tone. I'm new at this; most regulation problems come
on gradually from wear and tear don they? If that is the case, I'll bet the
answer is still that they got used to it as it happened and they don't know how
it should be. Frustrating. I wonder if piano majors are taught anything about
piano maintenance and care...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sara Nash</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Student tech</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan R.
Barnard</A> </DIV>
<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> Saturday, August 05, 2006 11:30
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Aaaargh was and partly still is
Piano History question</DIV>On a more serious note (F#5 I believe ... and
about 12 cents flat), here's a question:<BR><BR>Why, oh why are such a high
percentage of piano teachers and church musicians absolutely unable to tell if
a piano is in tune, much less distinguish any subtleties of tone or
regulation? Or if they CAN tell, why don't they care? I go nuts and grab the
old Jahn if my own piano has even one whiny unison. But I digress
...<BR><BR>Tuned the personal piano, today, of a very nice lady who is the
player for a Methodist church. I've been tuning for the church every six
months for years and years now, but she has not had her personal piano
tuned in who knows how long. It was 30 to 70 cents flat and icky.<BR><BR>So
why did she finally call??????? <BR><BR>Well, you see, they just moved the
piano to their new house ..... <BR><BR>Alan
Barnard<BR>Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgh in Salem, MO<BR>Joshua
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